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Golden Harlequin Library, Volume XXXVII
Once You Have Found Him / Plantation Doctor / Paris - And My Love
584 pages
A nostalgic trio of mid-century romances that sweep you from English country estates to Parisian streets and tropical plantations.
What it feels like
Reading this collection feels like opening a time capsule of mid-century romantic escapism. The stories move at a brisk, engaging pace, whisking you away to glamorous Georgian mansions, sun-drenched West African plantations, and the romantic streets of Paris. The mood is deeply nostalgic and cozy, wrapped in the earnest melodrama of classic courtship. You will find yourself immersed in a world of polite society, dramatic misunderstandings, stern but secretly tender heroes, and heroines navigating the treacherous waters of false pretenses and unrequited love. The prose is formal yet emotionally heightened, offering a comforting, old-fashioned charm. It is a perfect delight for readers who crave the sincere, swoony, and uncomplicated pleasure of vintage romance novels.
- Mood
- nostalgic
- escapist
- cozy
- swoony
- Tone
- earnest
- melodramatic
- sincere
- romantic
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- vintage romance · enemies to lovers · hidden identities · exotic locales · romantic rivalry
- The writing
- The prose is formal and emotionally heightened, carrying the distinct, polite charm of mid-century romantic fiction.
- The arc
- The journey moves from anxious misunderstandings and social friction to sweeping, inevitable romantic surrender.
- Who it's for
- Readers who delight in the cozy, dramatic escapism of vintage Harlequin romances and old-fashioned courtship.
Content notes
- dated cultural attitudes
- mild sexism
About the book
Once You Have Found Him What could be more delightful than to spend the sunny July days of Goodwood Week in a beautiful Georgian country mansion, with masses of expensive clothes to wear, pleasant people for company, and nothing to do but enjoy oneself? Poppy Duncan was in that enviable situation, but with one underlying, fatal flaw in her happiness -- she was there on false pretences.
Plantation Doctor "You don't care for our doctor? Women never do. He's too careless of their emotions, too much the immovable bachelor," observed an acquaintance to Lynden Russell when Lynden found herself in unexpected circumstances at the Denton Rubber Plantation in West Africa. The doctor in question, Dr. Adrian Sinclair, had rescued Lynden from an unfortunate predicament, but had not hesitated to let her know his opinion of her folly - "Didn't you realize before you came that West Africa is no place for an unattached woman?" In her anger at Dr. Sinclair's highhanded way, Lynden told herself that she could not care less about what he thought. She would never have dreamed that a day might come when she would want his good opinion of her more than anything else.
Paris — and My Love Marianne was young, she was in Paris —that perfect setting for romance — and she was in love with Nat. The only snag was that she was not at all sure of Nat's feelings for her. Did he have any more than a brotherly affection for her? Could she possibly hope for more in the face of the very stiff competition provided by the glamorous Lisette? It was a good job, Marianne reflected, that she had nice, kind Roger Senloe to turn to and to advise her.
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