My name's Rachel and I've been reading your site for about a year now, and I'm hoping that the bitchery can help me find one of the very first romance novels I read. This was when I was 12 so it would have been 1995, though the book could have been a bit older than that. Anyways, it was about a little girl named Eleanor who grew up on an estate in Wales with one evil (maybe pedophile) uncle and another (Uncle Evan) who was cursed with gigantism. She had a plucky and noble governess named Charlotte who ended up married to Uncle Evan, and Eleanor grew up and fell in love with a servant named Owain who was a lot older than her. They got married and split up for awhile and she became an actress and he went to America and they ended up together HEA in Texas where he was a rich rancher (I think).A Welsh romance ending up on a ranch in America? With a possibly evil perhaps pedophile villain? Wow. This is like a full house of romance cliches - I'm so curious!
I remember a lot about this book because I wrote a book report on it which I still have a copy of, but some how I never mentioned the name of the book or the author in my report (and still got an A+!) and detailed google searches of the character's names has turned up nothing. There was also a rival named Victor Thane, that I totally thought Eleanor should have picked over Owain, so much so that I wrote an alternate last 5 chapters for extra credit and so the book would end right. Do you think you could post this and help me out?
A book report on this at age 12? You had the coolest teacher EVER. We had to do stuff like “The Metamorphosis” and I’m STILL traumatized.
It doesn’t ring a bell with me, sorry. However, I did find this website which might help those who are searching for a specific book. Hope it helps. http://www.allreaders.com/BookSearchAOther.asp?BSID=0&SubjectID=4&SectionID=0
A website that reviews romance novels from a couple of smart bitches who will always give it to you straight. No bullshit. No gushing--unless the author really deserves it.
(I would have suggested “Romance For Dummies” but a gift like that--while possibly appropriate--would probably be in bad taste, given the circumstances).
LOL. Yeah, in that case. But hey, that’s an awesome book. That’s where I learned my romance…
Stupid question from a new convert—what defines a Harlequin romance (besides being published by Harlequin, obviously), and what is the actual definition of a bodice ripper? Since every time I’ve heard it used, it seems to be used incorrectly.
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Speaking of cool gift ideas, I found one that will work for the DH, the MIL, my mom and the sitter...all in one.
Now if they show up half as cool as they…
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Grrr...WTF? That blows. When is romance going to stop being the red-headed stepchild of literature and gain the respect it deserves? So irritating.
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Shiloh, that was AWESOME! In fact, may I say, Bitchalicious. I can’t believe you just whipped that up!
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