Dear Tyrant

by Henrietta Reid

When Mike Kendall let her down, Helen felt she had to get away from everything and try to recover-and the job as secretary to Max
Renton looked like filling the bill. "lt might be interesting", she said to herself, "to show Mr. Renton that there's at least one female in the world who's not ready to jump to his bidding!"

Indeed the combination of Max's stimulating attitude, and the peace and beauty of the Kent countryside, did their work well, and Helen began to feel her old self again.

192 pages, Hardcover

Published July 8, 1977

Reviews

[Margo · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not enough romance, no love declaration, mediocre proposal, still a little too praiseworthy of the OW, etc. Just no.

[Kay · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think that, with regards to the theme of the story, it very strongly deals with "letting go of the past" subject. The heroine meets the Hero when she thinks it's impossible for her to fall in love again because …She has just seen the love of her life in the arms of her best friend, so she has suffered a double betrayal. Meanwhile, the H is already a prospective son-in-law of ow' s rich father when both meet. I guess this is why majority of the story revolves around om/ow episodes and we are supposed to follow trail of the changing feelings and chemistry between the leads. I mean it is a slow developing romance, but I personally liked the Hero and the heroine and the episodes of the familial interactions with side characters (hero's family , his aunt and her niece, the twins etc). The book is light despite being a bit tedious and and gave me 1950s vibe but it was nice and I was in a mood of a clean Romance.

[Rongbu]

Did not finish the book!