Things like this are why I read Loretta Chase

[meganbmoore]

  Hero and Heroine when Hero tries to win a sparring match:

"A Lady and a gentleman may not know each other unless they have been properly introduced," she said coolly.  "If they do not know each other, they cannot have met.  Since we were properly introduced only a moment ago, we cannot have met previously."

"What a madly contorted logic that is,"

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[redbrunja]

Title, please?

[meganbmoore]

Not Quite A Lady.

Though if you're new to her books, start with Lord of Scoundrels. It's her best.

[redbrunja]

Will do!

[meganbmoore]

Lord of Scoundrels is pretty much the most popular-for the good reasons-regency historical romance ever, and is regarded by many as the ultimate regencvy historical. I THINK my Loretta Chase tag should have links to 2 reviews for it.

[fmanalyst]

That's the one I picked up yesterday. I remembered your recommendation of Loretta Chase when I was browsing the books and magazines at the grocery so I bought it.

[meganbmoore]

Ah, cool. I actually almost picked up 2 copies at the used book store this week to give out, but then decided not to.

I'll be interested in your comments on it(esp. as, as far as I know, you aren't a romance novel fan, though I could be wrong.)

[fmanalyst]

I used to be at one time, mainly during high school (during the '70s), but I haven't read them in years, so I'm looking forward to seeing where the genre is now

[meganbmoore]

Well, it's not nearly as big on "if I rape her and she likes it, it'll be OK" and "if I rape her again and again, it's ok as long as she eventually likes it" as it used to be.

[fmanalyst]

I should go back and read some of my favorites from the 70s like Kathleen Woodiwiss to see how much they make me cringe now.

[meganbmoore]

lol...The Wolf and the Dove was one of my first romance novels. I loved it beyond words as a teen. Now...

[fmanalyst]

Shanna was my favorite at the time. I think it's around here somewhere, rescued from my dad's house as he was getting ready to move.

[meganbmoore]

I suspect Shanna would hold up better than most of the other books. There was actually something of a back and forth power struggle, IIRC, and hisactions made a little more sense.

[fmanalyst]

I liked Dain's issues. I thought they were well-handled, but somehow they were surrounded by too light-hearted a style. His issues and Dominick's issues didn't seem to fit the tone that had been set.

[meganbmoore]

Part of the lightness, I think, was that at the time, it was the "in" thing to make your hero darkdarkdarkdarkdark and with tons of issues and use it as an excuse for slutting around and general bastardry, and Chase was poking fun at it, while also making the issues real and dealing with them.

90% of the regency-set historicals since have essentially been copies of the book, though.