Helpful Score: 2
In general I like this author. I think my favorites among her titles are the first Vallerand novel, Only In Your Arms, and Dreaming of You, featuring Derek Craven (a background character from an earlier Kleypas' novel, Then Came You). Dreaming of You is actually one of my favorite romance novels and has earned a permanent place on my shelf, as well as an occasional re-reading. Its one of the rare stories where you can understand perfectly what the hero and heroine see in each other, and where neither of them is so irritating during the story that you want to take a stick to them.
This book, Secrets of a Summer Night, was a cute read, but not as endearing as others by this author - you don't get to know the hero and heroine quite so well. Though I note a few similarities. There is a common outsider theme - rather disrespectful and roguish heroes with vulgar amounts of money made in a "common" way, and a catastrophic event as the impetus for admission of affections...however, its just handled more deftly in Dreaming of You.
Still, worth a look. But if you've never read this author before, start with Dreaming of You - just MHO, of course.
This book, Secrets of a Summer Night, was a cute read, but not as endearing as others by this author - you don't get to know the hero and heroine quite so well. Though I note a few similarities. There is a common outsider theme - rather disrespectful and roguish heroes with vulgar amounts of money made in a "common" way, and a catastrophic event as the impetus for admission of affections...however, its just handled more deftly in Dreaming of You.
Still, worth a look. But if you've never read this author before, start with Dreaming of You - just MHO, of course.
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