![]() I would think at least four times before even suggesting to a reader who is particular about historical authenticity to give this book a glance. ![]() Yes, she’s that kind of heroine – determined to be a martyr to her Big Secret but being as subtle about her Big Secret as an elephant stomping around in a china shop. ![]() Anna has a secret that she is determined to keep from everyone, although that doesn’t stop her from revealing to Gayle that she is fluent in Latin, French, German, Gaelic, Welsh, and Italian from the get go. He gets whacked by Anna at the beginning – don’t ask – and the two then spend the rest of the story talking and frisking each other. ![]() He is hiding from all those desperate women who want a piece of him, you see. The plot is pretty basic as for the most part, the hero Gayle Windham, the Earl of Westhaven, is determined to remain housebound with his housekeeper Anna Seaton. It’s not only the heroine who hails from an alternate universe – everything about this story is a bizarre trip through a cracked looking glass – but it’s the heroine’s special brand of “Idiot, moi?” tomfoolery that powers the story to its finish line. Unfortunately, this is one of those books that completely make no sense unless we go by the principle that romance heroines making a big martyr out of themselves is the way to go. The Heir gets a pretty good amount of rave reviews for a debut effort, so naturally, I have to give this a look. ![]()
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