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HE WAS NOT A MAN SHE COULD IGNORE. Laurie had taken an almost instant dislike to Rolf Audley. Not only had he shattered her peaceful existence by crashing his car on the grounds of her mother's small hotel, but he had been rude an entirely too familiar. So it was an unexpected shock when she learned that her soft-hearted mother had invited Rolf to stay at the hotel until he recovered from his injuries. How on earth was she going to put up with him?
- GenresHarlequin Romance
190 pages, Paperback
First published November 10, 1978
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Margaret Malcolm
114 books7 followersMargaret Malcolm, née Margaret Lilian Graham was a British writer over 100 romance novels at Mills & Boon from 1940 to 1981.
Not to be confused with Margaret Malcolm (Edith Lyman Kuether), author only of Headless Beings.
Not to be confused with Margaret Malcolm (Edith Lyman Kuether), author only of Headless Beings.
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January 19, 2022
This book is, unfortunately, a disappointment. It pains me to say it because I am such a Margaret Malcolm fan. The big misunderstanding between between the main characters is so bizarre that I am torn between making fun of it in this review and review and not spoiling it.
OK I'm spoiling it. The heroine believes that the H has created a sexy-/evil-faced doll for children in her image (I'm imagining a Barbie who has an eye to the main chance), using a photo taken of her in a bathing suit when she is in shock over a murder attempt by the OW.
The H seems nice enough but he is not ambulatory for much of the book and this takes away from his sex appeal. (The only acceptable way you can be sexy and recuperating from an injury in a vintage MB is if you are cruel and abusive to everyone, and this H is occasionally quite pleasant and grateful.) Also, the OW is his secretary and although he seems to be aware that she tried to kill the h, he doesn't actually do too much about it except to implore the h to not go swimming for the remainder of the OW's stay. Again, Margaret Malcolm missed the memo about how this sort of situation must be framed: the H must be either entirely unaware of these attempts, or somehow must think that the h is deliberately trying to frame the OW. The one thing he can't be is aware of the attempt, aware of the culprit, and unable to do anything but issue ineffectual warnings. I mean, I know that Malcolm is famous for her beta heroes, but this is ridiculous.
OK I'm spoiling it. The heroine believes that the H has created a sexy-/evil-faced doll for children in her image (I'm imagining a Barbie who has an eye to the main chance), using a photo taken of her in a bathing suit when she is in shock over a murder attempt by the OW.
The H seems nice enough but he is not ambulatory for much of the book and this takes away from his sex appeal. (The only acceptable way you can be sexy and recuperating from an injury in a vintage MB is if you are cruel and abusive to everyone, and this H is occasionally quite pleasant and grateful.) Also, the OW is his secretary and although he seems to be aware that she tried to kill the h, he doesn't actually do too much about it except to implore the h to not go swimming for the remainder of the OW's stay. Again, Margaret Malcolm missed the memo about how this sort of situation must be framed: the H must be either entirely unaware of these attempts, or somehow must think that the h is deliberately trying to frame the OW. The one thing he can't be is aware of the attempt, aware of the culprit, and unable to do anything but issue ineffectual warnings. I mean, I know that Malcolm is famous for her beta heroes, but this is ridiculous.
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August 7, 2022He was not a man she could ignore
Laurie had taken an almost instant dislike to Rolf Audley. Not only had he shattered her peaceful existence by crashing his car on the grounds of her mother's small hotel, but he had been rude and entirely too familiar.
So it was an unexpected shock when she learned that her softhearted mother had invited Rolf to stay at the hotel until he recovered from his injuries.
How on earth was she going to put up with him?
Laurie had taken an almost instant dislike to Rolf Audley. Not only had he shattered her peaceful existence by crashing his car on the grounds of her mother's small hotel, but he had been rude and entirely too familiar.
So it was an unexpected shock when she learned that her softhearted mother had invited Rolf to stay at the hotel until he recovered from his injuries.
How on earth was she going to put up with him?
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