Beginner's Luck

by Dixie Browning

Man of the Month -- MR. SEPTEMBER

Specimen: Male; age 32; intense blue eyes hidden by thick glasses; gosh-awful beard; perpetual scowl; rear end worthy of the hall of fame.
Native Habitat: Laboratory; alone, bent over a microscope.
Mating Habits: Unexplored. Love: an unknown quantity — no scientific evidence it exists.

Clement Cornelius Barto used scientific accomplishments and accolades to keep him insulated from the world. Women scared him speechless — literally — and he found it far safer to stay wrapped in his laboratory cocoon.

Until Martha Eberly appeared at his cabin. She was the most beautiful creature he had ever beheld in his entire uneventful life. Clem was about to discover a thing called love. And with a little beginner's luck it might be the breakthrough he'd been searching for!

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Harlequin

187 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published September 1, 1989

About the author

Dixie Burrus was born on September 09, 1930 in North Carolina's Outer Banks, U.S.A, where her family had lived for generations, to sea captain Dozier Burrus and Achsah Williams. Her father was the professional baseball player Maurice Lennon "Dick" Burrus, she has two sisters, Mary and Sarah Burrus.

Dixie is an artist and romance writer. She began writting contemporany romance novels as Zoe Dozier, now she writes her contemporary romances with her married name, Dixie Browning, and historical romances with her sister, Mary Burrus Williams as Bronwyn Williams, one combination of their married names. She has been awarded a Romance Writers of America RITA Award, and been a five-time RITA finalist. She has also won three Maggies, and numerous awards from the National Federation of Press Women and the NC Press Club.

Reviews

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[Rita · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one is charming and holds up to read-reading. I bought it when it came out in September of 1989 and have enjoyed it several times since then. A keeper.

[Dana Bartram · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was nice to have a man's point of view for a change. Pretty good book.

[Kay · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book gives us a delightfully different story. Our hero Clement is a nerdy genius and while he excels in the scientific world, he is a babe when it comes to the world of courting a woman. He's achieved the age of 32 and though he's kissed a woman, he's never made love to one. So Clem's Aunt Hattie decides it's time she do something about Clement. Off to Greece she goes, while Clem recovers from a bout of pneumonia at her retreat in the mountains. What she fails to tell Clem is that she's invited a dear friend, Martha, to come for an extended visit! Our Clem is a charming nerdy hero who is delightful in his shyness when it comes to women. But genius that he is, all it takes is the right stimulus -- Martha! -- to prove just what a quick study he is!

[Fiona Marsden · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun book to read. Clem is a nerd of epic proportions. After a humiliating experience as a teenager and discovering women ran a mile from his inept social skills, he has retreated behind his thick glasses and beard and remains a virgin at thirty-two. Of course I had to read this.

Martha is still recovering from a failed romance. She hasn't had much chance of education as she's been caring for family for years.

To Clem, she is the embodiment of every fantasy, to Martha he is a creepy axe murderer who can barely put two words together.

I really enjoyed watching these two get it together. Clem is adorable and Martha is just the right kind of person to bring him out of his shell. Not intimidating but not a walkover either.

A good little read and a fun premise.

[Devanie Angel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty much the only non-religious contemporary romance out there with a virgin hero -- and it's from 1989! Well-executed.