Flowers and bee

Flowers and bee

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

The Naked Baron


I believe it is a testimony to an author's plotting skill, when one finds a romance that really has two storylines going on and it works. Sally MacKenzie in her book The Naked Baron, does it quite well, thank you very much. We are introduced right away to Grace and Dawson - the younger couple. She is unsure and feeling ungainly since she is a woman of size and stature in a group of petite debutants. Dawson is not a fan of petite twits and when Grace comes on the scene he feels that this is the one. The older couple, Grace's Aunt Kate who is newly widowed and Dawson's Uncle Alex - a bachleor - find themselves facing each other accross a ballroom after many years. Their previous relationship did not end well. Kate was forced to marry someone else, and Alex has never really recovered from it. It is obvious the attraction is still there.

Will Grace take a chance on Dawson? Will she even realize Aunt Kate has had a past love? (She's a bit overwhelmed with Dawson at the moment.) Will it be okay in the end? Join the fun with these lively and likeable characters. I've just discovered this author and I'm hoping to read some more of her work. A fun and frothy read.

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