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An Engagement Is Announced
280 pages
A sun-warmed, vintage escapist romance about lowering your defenses and finding a second chance at love on a beautiful island.
What it feels like
Reading this vintage category romance feels like stepping into a sun-drenched time capsule of 1980s escapism. The narrative moves at a brisk, comforting clip, delivering exactly the kind of emotional predictability that genre fans crave. Set against the warm, breezy backdrop of the Canary Islands, the atmosphere is both relaxing and gently charged with romantic tension. The prose is straightforward and earnest, focusing tightly on the internal push-and-pull of a heroine trying desperately to guard her grieving heart against an undeniably charismatic hero. It is a tender, low-stakes journey of healing and reluctant attraction, perfect for readers who delight in the cozy, melodramatic charm of classic Harlequin romances and the promise of a hard-won happily ever after.
- Mood
- sun-drenched
- escapist
- tender
- wistful
- Tone
- earnest
- romantic
- comforting
- melodramatic
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- healing from grief · reluctant attraction · second chances · vacation romance
- The writing
- Straightforward and emotionally direct, relying heavily on dialogue and internal romantic tension characteristic of 1980s category romance.
- The arc
- The protagonist moves from a place of guarded, grief-stricken reluctance to a vulnerable embrace of a second chance at love.
- Who it's for
- Fans of vintage Harlequin romances who crave comforting, low-stakes escapism with a gentle, healing emotional core.
Content notes
- grief
- past death of a partner
About the book
2878 He kept reminding her she was a woman
Anthea was wary of involvement after the death of her fiance. She would not willingly go through the heartbreak of loving and losing again.
So accepting the invitation to holiday in the Canary Islands with an elderly friend, Sybil Manly-Smythe, suited Anthea perfectly. Lots of sun and no nightlife!
Then Sybil's disturbingly attractive nephew, Aden Russell, decided to join them. All of Anthea's instincts told her to run. Staying out of this man's orbit wouldn't be easy, especially when her heart wasn't in it.
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