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Mountain Magic
Toni Darcy as stranded, penniless and alone, when Kurt Antoine offered her a job in his new hotel in the Austrian Tyrol.
It seemed at first the answer to her problems — until she realized that she had incurred the enmity of the hotel's beautiful manageress.
It seemed at first the answer to her problems — until she realized that she had incurred the enmity of the hotel's beautiful manageress.
- GenresHarlequin Romance
160 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1964
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About the author
Susan Barrie
49 books7 followersOne of many pseudonyms used by Ida Julia Pollock, née Crowe.
Mrs. Pollack was a British writer of several short-stories and 125 romance novels that were published under her married name and under a number of different pseudonyms: Joan M. Allen; Susan Barrie, Pamela Kent, Averil Ives, Anita Charles, Barbara Rowan, Jane Beaufort, Rose Burghley, Mary Whistler and Marguerite Bell. She has sold millions of copies over her 90-year career. She has been referred to as the "world's oldest novelist" who was still active at 105 and continued writing until her death.
Ida and her husband, Lt Colonel Hugh Alexander Pollock, DSO (1888–1971), a veteran of war and Winston Churchill's collaborator and editor, had a daughter, Rosemary Pollock, who is also a romance writer.
Mrs. Pollack was a British writer of several short-stories and 125 romance novels that were published under her married name and under a number of different pseudonyms: Joan M. Allen; Susan Barrie, Pamela Kent, Averil Ives, Anita Charles, Barbara Rowan, Jane Beaufort, Rose Burghley, Mary Whistler and Marguerite Bell. She has sold millions of copies over her 90-year career. She has been referred to as the "world's oldest novelist" who was still active at 105 and continued writing until her death.
Ida and her husband, Lt Colonel Hugh Alexander Pollock, DSO (1888–1971), a veteran of war and Winston Churchill's collaborator and editor, had a daughter, Rosemary Pollock, who is also a romance writer.
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July 7, 2022
This one is a fun read even though it is not what I would describe as a truly healthy romance. The the H hires the shy and reserved h for a job at his hotel but leaves the assignment of the job up to the OW. The OW promptly has her scrubbing floors, delivering things to amorous guests' rooms, and eventually dressing up like a barmaid and working at the hotel's pub. She even has the h living in an attic!
So you are probably thinking, "Hey it must have been one heck of a scene when the H found out what the OW was doing." Well it wasn't actually the H who found out, it was the OM, and it took a combination of the OM and the h's estranged uncle to deliver the verbal beat-down that the H deserved so richly.
I came to the conclusion that there was something wrong with the H and that he was limited in his ability to be sensitive to others. Fortunately for the h, she has something about her that makes all men other than the H feel protective of her. She's gonna need those guys if she stays married to the H.
So you are probably thinking, "Hey it must have been one heck of a scene when the H found out what the OW was doing." Well it wasn't actually the H who found out, it was the OM, and it took a combination of the OM and the h's estranged uncle to deliver the verbal beat-down that the H deserved so richly.
I came to the conclusion that there was something wrong with the H and that he was limited in his ability to be sensitive to others. Fortunately for the h, she has something about her that makes all men other than the H feel protective of her. She's gonna need those guys if she stays married to the H.
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February 29, 2016
Very ordinary fare. The premise is decent and quite time tested.
Hero is a billionaire hotelier and the girl is a shy and oppressed little thing. He feels instantly protective, and never expresses it for ages.
With an OW and OM thrown in, its easy to fill pages. But to hold the reader's interest in the leads is not easy work. Mostly, olden day romances were good at this. Simple tales told with a lot of heart.
But this one doesn't have much of either head or heart. The girl, a mouse really, works for the hero in his hotel, after the hero rescues her from a bad employer. In his hotel, the manager, is another bad employer. So nothing changes really.
There is no build up of a relationship between the 2, they just suddenly decide. Oh, I have cared for this person all along !! Weird really.
Anyway, lack lustre characters, dull story. Barely managed one read. 2 stars.
Hero is a billionaire hotelier and the girl is a shy and oppressed little thing. He feels instantly protective, and never expresses it for ages.
With an OW and OM thrown in, its easy to fill pages. But to hold the reader's interest in the leads is not easy work. Mostly, olden day romances were good at this. Simple tales told with a lot of heart.
But this one doesn't have much of either head or heart. The girl, a mouse really, works for the hero in his hotel, after the hero rescues her from a bad employer. In his hotel, the manager, is another bad employer. So nothing changes really.
There is no build up of a relationship between the 2, they just suddenly decide. Oh, I have cared for this person all along !! Weird really.
Anyway, lack lustre characters, dull story. Barely managed one read. 2 stars.
June 2, 2020
Published in UK Mills and Boon in 1964. This edition 1972 Harlequin publication.
Not totally convinced about the relationship as it appeared to suddenly happen towards the end after disappearing part way through!
Not totally convinced about the relationship as it appeared to suddenly happen towards the end after disappearing part way through!
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