Some Like It Wild by Teresa Medeiros
First Line: “I need a man,” Pamela Darby proclaimed with the same matter-of-fact conviction she would have used to announce “I need a scrap of lace to mend my hem” or “I need a fresh turnip for tonight’s stew.”
Teresa Medeiros is the master of making a movie in your head. What I mean by this, is there is no one better at having the characters, landscape or situation fly off the page in so colorful a manner.
We have two destitute sisters, in the wilds of Scotland in search of a man to play the part of a Duke’s long lost heir they already know is dead. The sisters are the bastard children of an actress who died recently in a fire. The heroine is certain their mother was murdered.
Traveling alone without maids, or other some such chaperones, they are soon held up at gunpoint by, none other than the hero, whose own parents perished at the hands of English Redcoats. He has ample reason for revenge as the heroine succinctly spells out to him.
Note: Pay close attention to the weaponry, early in the tale of wits.
The sister, quite a beauty, until she opens her mouth to deliver lines that had her chased off stage and run out of town pelted by rotten vegetables. The heroine, dowdy sister, of course, is perfectly content to remain behind the scenes happily cheering for the real talent. Until the Redcoats show up to clamp the hero in chains when her unknown acting skills surface, plunging them all into London Society.
The hero, as a Scot, is a little bit of, uh, hmm, let’s see….a hot head? Yes, yes, a hot head. Yes, well, you get the point.
My advice? Do not let this one get by.
For: Readers who want to be entertained with outrageous, witty, over-the-top, subtle humor. Remember, laughter is good for the soul. – Kathy L Wheeler