Tuesday, August 06, 2013

I can't help myself, part 2

The Earl is Mine - Kieran Kramer (St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2013)

...and so we move on to the man named Brady, and the three boys of his own. Marcia got herself settled, so now it's Greg's turn. This time, the love interest is an old childhood friend, his godfather's niece. But he's pulled back from her and everyone else after learning a dreadful secret on his mother's deathbed. Oh, and she's off to follow her dreams, at least the ones that aren't him. Are you surprised that this leads to her running off and cross-dressing and much hijinks?

Like most romance novelists that I've come across (and the sample size is admittedly small), Kramer seems to care a lot about portraying women that are independent and willing to follow their dreams, and having that spark be what makes men love them. But she also plays around quite a bit with questions of legitimacy and parentage. It makes you wonder what's in store for the rest of the Bradys.

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