Monday, August 29, 2011

A Weekend with Mr. Darcy

A Weekend with Mr. Darcy
By Victoria Connelly
Sourcebooks Landmark, 2011. 345 pgs. Romance

At a weekend conference on Jane Austen, romance is in the air. Katherine Roberts is there to present one of the classes, and what she doesn’t know is that her favorite author and pen pal Lorna Warwick is there, too—except, Lorna is a pseudonym for Warwick Lawton, and he knows exactly who Katherine is and sets out to woo her, but the fact that he has hidden his identity for so long threatens their relationship. Meanwhile, Robyn Love just wanted to get away and indulge her love for all things Austen but her boyfriend (who she wants to break up with but feels obligated to continue dating) tags along, interrupting in the most embarrassing ways. And handsome Dan Harcourt’s apparent interest in Robyn only increases her desire to end things with her boyfriend.

The plot line was satisfactory, but it wasn’t spectacular. This is a pretty clean romance—while there is some sexual activity, it’s not described, so most readers probably wouldn’t be too uncomfortable with it.

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