Dashing Lord Harry Traemore is perfectly content to live out his days in the pursuit of pleasure. But when he’s named by the Prince regent as one of society’s ‘Impossible bachelors’, Harry is drafted into a ribald romantic wager. The rules of engagement are scandalously simple: the bachelor whose mistress wins the title of ‘Most Delectable Companion’ gets to remain unmarried.
Harry is utterly unconcerned about his status…until his latest lightskirt abandons him. Enter Lady Molly Fairbanks. Harry’s childhood friend actually, ‘foe’ is more like it – is the most unlikely companion of all. She’s attractive but hot-headed, and in no mood for games. Besides, what could the self-indulgent Harry possible know about what makes a woman delectable? It’s time for Molly to teach him a lesson once and for all…but will lead to happily ever after?
| Title: | When Harry Met Molly |
| Author: | Kieran Kramer |
| Series: | The Impossible Bachelors (Book 1) |
| Pages: | 411 |
| Category / Genre(s): | Historical |
| Trope(s): | Friends to Lovers Wager |
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| Location: | London, England |
| Setting: | 1816 (Regency) |
| HEA: | ✔️ |
| Release Date: | 2nd November, 2010 |
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Well written but un-engaging romance
I picked this book in spite of its gimmicky title and I should have paid more attention to that because that cutesy, silliness is a key feature of this book. It’s very light and has a very unbelievable plot. That’s not a problem if you’re happy to suspend belief but if you’re looking for historical accuracy then you’ll be disappointed by this book.
The characters went from displaying some depth of emotion to being ridiculously flighty within the space of a sentence which frustrated me no end. I’m all for both seriousness and fun in a novel but it bounced around too much for my liking. There was also the inconsistencies and fickleness of any emotions from the characters, especially Molly. In one breath she liked Harry, then she despised him, then she loved him, then she could never love a man like him etc etc. It grew tiring quite quickly and made me unmoved by her as a character and by her ‘love’ for Harry.
“…cutesy, silliness is a key feature of this book. It’s very light and has a very unbelievable plot.”
Harry was also a little bit all over the place. He was the second son of a duke but also a rake. Fair enough but surely his gentlemanly instincts wouldn’t have let Molly get into many of the situations that presented themselves during the house party.
I finished the book and was interested in where the story would go but I was ultimately disappointed. It was readable and I enjoyed the writing but the story and characters weren’t engaging and as a result I don’t feel I can recommend the book. 2 stars.
This is the first book in the Impossible Bachelors series.
Kieran Kramer, author of the Impossible Bachelors series, was born in Washington, D.C. to an Air Force pilot father and actress/singer mother. She grew up mainly on Johns Island, a rural sea island near Charleston, South Carolina, where she helped build her family’s log home. Having worked for the CIA and as journalist for The Charlotte Observer, Kieran is now a stay-at-home mom. She once won $34,000 on Wheel of Fortune, and also won on Family Feud. She’s been married to her naval officer husband, Chuck, for twenty-one years, and they have three children.
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