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Title: Unclaimed
Author: Courtney Milan
Genre: Victorian romance
Thingummies: 4
Synopsis: He's a male virgin and the toast of the town for writing a guide to male chastity. She's a courtesan hired to ruin his reputation. This could not possibly end well.
Thoughts: This is more like it. Far too many romance novels feature experienced men with virginal women. Mark is not prudish, traumatized, or frightened--he's just deeply principled but also completely practical. He's interested in a woman who can best him, who he can respect. He's empathetic and willing to compromise his own reputation to save someone else's. Forget alpha males--this is the kind of guy I could really swoon for.
Once again, I respect Milan's ability to have her characters lay all their cards on the table relatively early in the book, and to have the conflict come not from misunderstandings but from the actual realistic conflicts of their different positions and needs. I also appreciate the fact that Jessica solves her own problem in the end, instead of needing Mark to play knight. The characters manage to fit modern sensibilities without actually becoming too anachronistic, which makes the ending all more satisfying.
Author: Courtney Milan
Genre: Victorian romance
Thingummies: 4
Synopsis: He's a male virgin and the toast of the town for writing a guide to male chastity. She's a courtesan hired to ruin his reputation. This could not possibly end well.
Thoughts: This is more like it. Far too many romance novels feature experienced men with virginal women. Mark is not prudish, traumatized, or frightened--he's just deeply principled but also completely practical. He's interested in a woman who can best him, who he can respect. He's empathetic and willing to compromise his own reputation to save someone else's. Forget alpha males--this is the kind of guy I could really swoon for.
Once again, I respect Milan's ability to have her characters lay all their cards on the table relatively early in the book, and to have the conflict come not from misunderstandings but from the actual realistic conflicts of their different positions and needs. I also appreciate the fact that Jessica solves her own problem in the end, instead of needing Mark to play knight. The characters manage to fit modern sensibilities without actually becoming too anachronistic, which makes the ending all more satisfying.
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