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English Lord, Ordinary Lady
by Fiona Harper
Delightful Romance
with pink hair,
fairies and English castles!
Fiona Harper's English
Lord, Ordinary Lady is both a humorous and emotional romance
with its vivid imagery. Historic class snobbery and modernity conflict
as the hero and heroine meet and seek to make a place for themselves
and their hearts. English Lord, Ordinary Lady has a perfect mixture of
romantic conflict and tenderness.
William Radcliff is an English lord by birth and determined to follow
all the protocols of nobility --- including the stuffiness. But when it
comes to his attraction --- sometimes all the protocol in the world
can't prevent a kiss! When Will returns to claim his birthright, an
English castle Elmhurst Hall, the first thing he encounters is a little
pink fairy in the shape of a little girl and his mom Josie with
hot-pants pink hair! Josie is one bad girl with her crazy hair and
tabloid pictures to prove it. What happens when you mix these two (or
three) together --- trouble and love all wrapped in one!
English Lord, Ordinary
Lady is fun, light and humorous. Josie is a rebel against the
class system that confines with rules and protocol. Will seeks to
re-establish his place in society. Will's stuffiness and preservation
of class protocol create humorous conflicts without a mean-spirited
bullying arrogance of the typical alpha male romance hero against the
heroine. Fiona's characterization of the hero makes him quite appealing
to the reader as well as to Josie! On the surface, Josie and Will
appear to be opposites but as the hero and heroine both struggle to
make a way for themselves based on their hearts rather than the circles
society has placed them, their hearts find a way of seeing through the
surface to values they share. Will is a perfect hero for her ---
especially after he meets her and has his eyes opened. Once they
recognize their feelings, can they also also work together? Will
Elmhurst Hall unite or separate them? When chaos strikes, will Josie's
family interfere and how?
Fiona Harper creates scenes between the main characters and the
secondary family characters that change hearts. The scenes between Will
and Josie's daughter, the little girl fairy, create a tender,
heart-warming effect that brings echoes of the Cinderella story back in
an innovative and changed context. Fiona Harper creates several nice
twists in which disaster leads to tenderness between her characters.
Humor mixes with hidden dreams in this romance, creating a memorable
read both delightful and emotionally satisfying.
Publisher: Harlequin
Romance (February 2008)
By Royal Appointment
Reviewed by Merrimon,
Merrimon Book Reviews
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