Kat’s Comments (group member since Sep 25, 2015)

Kat’s comments from the Bodice Ripper Readers Anonymous group.

You might give The Heir by Johanna Lindsey a chance. While the hero doesn't find the heroine unattractive at the start of the book, the attraction grows from her wit, and they start out as friends rather than the sort of TAKE ME NOW you seem to be trying to avoid. In fact the hero, through various plot devices, is pretty convinced that outward beauty is a shit way to weigh someone.

I read this book maybe ten years ago and for the life of me I can't remember the author or title. I think it was from the 80s but I'm not entirely positive. It was about a servant girl who is seduced by her employer (she's mixed race) and is used by him and he wouldn't marry her because of her status and she ended up marrying some old guy at some point and also a gay guy who was into her brother.