![]() ![]() Harry is a bit more typical in terms of the baggage he totes around: he's never going to marry again because he had a disastrous first marriage that ended in scandal, disgrace, and divorce. When she has her moment of awakening and resolves to change her life, I'm rooting for her all the way. There's one episode, and a turning point in Emma's life, that involves a peacock fan - something so seemingly innocuous, but it's invested with powerful significance and succeeds in providing Emma with a depth and humanity that makes her a very sympathetic character. But the reader can glimpse hints of more colorful, adventurous leanings in Emma. Emma is heartbreakingly repressed - Harry thinks she's nonhuman at times, she's so cool and unruffled. When it eventually does, I have a great time reading this book. ![]() ![]() Along with Guilty Pleasures, I couldn't get the movie Two Weeks Notice out of my head as I was reading this book, because there are a lot of similarities there as well, so it took a while for And Then He Kissed Her to break free from the feeling of "been there done that" and stand on its own. ![]() Her efficiency and organization ensure that his business and his personal life run smoothly. He runs a big publishing business and she is nominally his secretary, but goes above and beyond the call of duty - so much so that she even buys his presents for his mistresses and sisters. ![]()
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