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How To Catch a Princess #2

The Troublemaker Bride

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WOULD HER PRINCE EVER COME

Forget the prince. Pregnant Maddie Palmer needed an M. D.! But since she was stuck in a traffic jam-- about to give birth!--the handsome cowboy up ahead would have to do...

Joshua Blackwell knew Maddie was trouble the moment she hijacked him for a high speed trip to the maternity ward. Next thing he knew, Maddie was on his doorstep with a hankering to show her appreciation. He'd never turn a pretty lady down, but if this confirmed bachelor didn't watch out, she'd be serving him wedding cake for breakfast...

HOW TO CATCH A PRINCESS
Sometimes you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you meet the perfect groom. And three childhood friends are about to pucker up!

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 25, 1997

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Leanne Banks

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Leanne Banks was born on 14 May 1959 in Roanoke, Virginia, USA. She holds a Bachelors degree in Psychology, which she claims she can only use on fictional characters. When her first book was published in 1991, she used the money from her advance to take her family to Disney World.

Leanne is known for telling a story with strong emotion, characters with whom everyone can relate, a kick of hot sensuality, and a feel-good ending that lingers. She believes in creating stories for her readers that will allow them to escape into a place filled fun, emotion and sensuality. She believes that she has the best readers in the world because they understand that love is the greatest miracle of all.

Leanne is the recipient of Romantic Times Magazine's career-achievement awards in Series Sensuality and Love and Laughter, and her books have been recognized by the Award of Excellence Contest, the Romance Writers of America RITA Award contest and the National Readers' Choice Awards. She is grateful for awards and reviews and was particularly moved by a letter from a reader remarking that Leanne's book got her through a chemotherapy session. The reader's letter inspired a favorite turn of phrase: Never underestimate the power of a romance novel.

Leanne lives in her native Virginia with her husband, two teenage children and a Pomeranian. She also has a little condo in South Carolina where she writes in the off-season. She loves music, chocolate, quotes, and new adventures.

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May 9, 2019
Mam do pracy 50 minut w jedną stronę trzema U-Bahnami, dzięki czemu prawie dwie godziny dziennie mogę spędzić czytając. W mym opasłym Kindlu upchnęłam ostatnio cztery giga ebooków od kolegi. Po zaimportowaniu książek do czytnika wszystkie tytuły przekonwertowało na język bleblański, ciągi krzaczków bez ładu i składu, więc wybieram sobie na ślepo, jak praliny z bombonierki i nigdy nie wiem, co się trafi.

Koncepcja czytelniczej loterii z niespodziankami jest bardzo ekscytująca, ale miałam ostatnio podły nastrój i każda książka przykrzyła mi się już po kilku stronach. Balzac - blefu, Eco - nuuudy, Lem - już czytałam, Witkacy - zestarzał się z kretesem. Aż w końcu trafiłam na tę książkę. To bardzo zła literatura, ale na swój sposób niezwykle zajmująca.

Zacznijmy od danych statystycznych - na przeczytanie książki - od pełnego napięcia lecz romantycznego zawiązania akcji po sielankowy happy end potrzebowałam około półtorej godziny. Znaczy, zanim wróciłam do domu, zdążyłam jeszcze zacząć "Kwiaty zła" Baudelaire'a (przekłady Szymborskiej są OK, ale Langego powinni wychłostać). W książce dwójka bohaterów głównych i troje drugoplanowych oraz niemowlę, dzięki czemu łatwo się połapać i nie trzeba sobie zawracać głowy komplikującymi sprawę wątkami pobocznymi.

W utworze nie ma właściwie opisów przyrody ani żadnych innych opisów, co jest ok, bo po pierwsze tak naprawdę nikt nie lubi opisów przyrody, po drugie całość nabiera uniwersalnego charakteru, jak moralitet i mogłaby być uplasowana właściwie w dowolnym czasie i na dowolnym kontynencie.

W opowieści chodzi o to, że ona jest piękna i miła a on dorodny i opiekuńczy. Od pierwszego spotkania mają się ku sobie, lecz są po przejściach, które okaleczyły ich nieco, ale tylko powierzchownie, więc właściwie czytelnik wie, że wkrótce otworzą się na miłość, nie wiadomo tylko w którym rozdziale. Kiedy otwierają się na miłość, on ma "twardą, nabrzmiałą męskość" ona "wilgotne wnętrze". W okolicy siedemdziesiątego procenta sprawy między nimi się jeszcze trochę komplikują, ale on postanawia o nią walczyć a ona mu wybacza.

Wydaje mi się, że literatura jest najbardziej interesująca, jeśli traktujemy ją jak serię interakcji, a nie przedmiot, który można łatwo opisać. Podczas spotkania z twórczością Leanne Banks, bawiłam się wybornie. Chyba na stałe zrezygnuję ze sprawdzania tytułów przed zakończeniem lektury.

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April 8, 2012
After years of being in a relationship with her never there musician boyfriend/fiancé, Maddie Palmer finds herself single and pregnant. Stuck in a traffic jam while in labour, Maddie leaves her car to try and find some other way to the hospital. She spots a truck with a motorbike in the back, and her water breaks while she is asking the driver to take her to the hospital. The truck/motorbike owner happens to be studly single dad, Joshua Blackwell, who coincidentally owns a horse stud farm. Anyway, he gets her to hospital on time and is with her through the birth of her son David.

This is the second novel of the "How to Catch a Princess" series and is quite different from the previous one, "The Five-Minute Bride." Joshua is a calm, stoic farmer, and his and Maddie's relationship progresses sweetly along with no major dramas until the fateful day when he comments to her how great it is that she doesn't want to get married. Huh? Where did that come from? I guess he assumes it since she was content to be in a long-term relationship with her previous guy without getting married and doesn't seem too bitter about being a single mother. Nevertheless, it's bizarre and totally out of the blue for Joshua to say something like that, and it gives the impression that it was solely done to provide conflict to the story line. Joshua hasn't been in a relationship since his wife, Gail, died 12 years ago; he's been concentrating on being a good single dad. There's never any indication that he never wants to marry again now that he's involved with Maddie. Maddie of course freaks out at Joshua saying he doesn't want to marry, because she doesn't want to settle for any thing less again. Naturally all is sorted out eventually and they get married to live happily ever after. This was a nice book (even with the stiff formulaic "conflict") but nothing special.
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