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dangermousieI am not the world's biggest fan of romance novels, but occasionally I find one which is just purely delightful and fun.
Connie Brockway's As You Desire is one of that small number. AYD is set in Egypt in the latter half of the 19th century. It involves Egyptologists, antiques thieves, grave robbers, Englishmen etc etc etc. The heroine is someone who is fluent in ancient Egyptian and a dozen other languages and lives with her Egyplologist grandfather. Hero is someone who deals in antiques, sometimes via shady means. Both are pretty smart and fun. Also, hero has some sort of Dark Secret (tm), of course, which prevents him from declaring his feelings and provides angst. No idea what it is though.
Anyway, it's fun.
Connie Brockway's As You Desire is one of that small number. AYD is set in Egypt in the latter half of the 19th century. It involves Egyptologists, antiques thieves, grave robbers, Englishmen etc etc etc. The heroine is someone who is fluent in ancient Egyptian and a dozen other languages and lives with her Egyplologist grandfather. Hero is someone who deals in antiques, sometimes via shady means. Both are pretty smart and fun. Also, hero has some sort of Dark Secret (tm), of course, which prevents him from declaring his feelings and provides angst. No idea what it is though.
Anyway, it's fun.
