PS - Kleypas very cleverly named her heroine after England's first (recognized) female doctor, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: Thank you, Romance Writers! May I please have some more? So as long as the hero or heroine doesn't work my nerves with their stupid, then I say go ahead and coat the story with a thick layer of cheese. And as such, you have to go into it with the expectation that, at the end of the day, even a woman who clawed her way into the position of 1st Female Doctor in the country is going to turn into a panting ninny when her Hero comes along.Īnd when it comes to this genre, I'm ok with that sort of thing.īecause I don't know what your real-life romantic experiences have been like, but mine have always been a tad, well.

There was, of course, the part where she throws all of her common sense out the window for hot sex true love, but. For one, Garrett had a much more realistic outlook on life (for a romance novel) and a pretty level head on her shoulders (again, for a romance novel). I liked Garrett much better than I did the nutty, childish Pandora. Thankfully, that sort of thing wouldn't happen today.

It's not as though I disliked her character, but she seemed somewhat dull - not at all like the shiny Pandora! Which was odd considering she was a spunky female doctor facing all kinds of gender prejudice. There wasn't much about Garrett in the past books that got me excited to read her story. Then again, I was looking forward to that one, and Hello Stranger.not so much.

Then again, anything from Kleypas usually is, so that's no great surprise, is it? I was surprised that I liked this one quite a bit better than Devil in Spring, though. As they face the menace of a treacherous government plot, Ethan is willing to take any risk for the love of the most extraordinary woman he's ever known. When the mission goes wrong, it will take all of Garrett's skill and courage to save him.

Despite their vow to resist each other after that sublime night, she is soon drawn into his most dangerous assignment yet. For one exhilarating night, they give in to their potent attraction before becoming strangers again.Īs a Ravenel by-blow spurned by his father, Ethan has little interest in polite society, yet he is captivated by the bold and beautiful Garrett. Ethan Ransom, a former detective for Scotland Yard, is as gallant as he is secretive, a rumored assassin whose true loyalties are a mystery. Garrett Gibson, the only female physician in England, is as daring and independent as any man-why not take her pleasures like one? Yet she has never been tempted to embark on an affair, until now.

Hello Stranger by Lisa Kleypas