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Franklin's Folly
221 pages
A delightfully flustered romance where hidden passions collide with sudden, theatrical misunderstandings.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping into a delightfully theatrical comedy of manners, where the air is thick with unsaid feelings and sudden, dramatic swoons. The narrative moves at a brisk, playful pace, sweeping the reader up in a whirlwind of repressed desires and spectacular misunderstandings. Beneath a veneer of sensible decorum beats a violently romantic heart, and the prose reflects this tension with a slightly arch, melodramatic flair that winks at the reader. It is an experience defined by flustered encounters and breathless complications, capturing the sheer fuss of hidden passions bubbling to the surface. This is a perfect afternoon escape for readers who delight in classic romantic entanglements, where every stolen glance and misinterpreted embrace feels like the end of the world.
- Mood
- flustered
- romantic
- theatrical
- lighthearted
- Tone
- wry
- playful
- arch
- melodramatic
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- hidden desires · romantic misunderstandings · the burden of sensibility · unexpressed passion
- The writing
- Playfully arch and slightly formal, leaning into the melodramatic conventions of traditional romance with a winking charm.
- The arc
- Moves from quiet, repressed yearning into a sudden whirlwind of chaotic misunderstandings and flustered drama.
- Who it's for
- Readers who delight in classic, lighthearted romantic comedies of errors fueled by repressed feelings and spectacular miscommunications.
Content notes
- unwanted physical advance
About the book
Although lovely Susan Eaton privately longed for something more than neighborliness from young Lord Woodstone, she give no hint of these yearnings. Indeed, people were wont to call her "that nice, sensible Miss Eaton," not knowing her romantic heart was beating violently beneath the cod exterior.
As for the dashing Lord Woodstone he was even more loath to admit to anything so unseemly a passion for a mere girl.
Suddenly the strangest things began to happen...for instance, that rake Sir Rupert forcing his embrace on Susan. And Lord Woodstone seeing it and misunderstanding. Heavens, what a fuss!
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