My mom had so many of those. I remember reading the titles on her bookshelf. Touch Not the Cat sounded fascinating to me.
Spike: Taking up smoking, are you? Harmony: I am a villain, Spike. Hello!
Spike/Harm ,'Help'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Amy - Oct 05, 2017 9:25:24 am PDT #24792 of 28216
Because books.
Connie Neil - Oct 05, 2017 9:44:07 am PDT #24793 of 28216
brillig
I was afraid to re-read them, because I loved them as a kid, but they're still good, and I catch more of of the subplots now. I also highly recommend Jane Aiken Hodge. I like this genre of romantic thriller where the woman does a lot of self-rescuing but has a nice strong man around to do whatever hitting is necessary. (I never claimed to be above such things)
-t - Oct 05, 2017 10:13:00 am PDT #24794 of 28216
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Is Jane Aiken Hodge related to Joan Aiken?
Connie Neil - Oct 05, 2017 10:18:39 am PDT #24795 of 28216
brillig
I don't think so, I've wondered that before.
Jesse - Oct 05, 2017 10:20:22 am PDT #24796 of 28216
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
They are sisters. [link] With a brother John! Three kids, two consonants!
Connie Neil - Oct 05, 2017 10:21:32 am PDT #24797 of 28216
brillig
Their father was Conrad Aiken! Wow.
Connie Neil - Oct 05, 2017 10:25:39 am PDT #24798 of 28216
brillig
A Death in Two Parts is a really fun book. She started it sometime in the 60s and got bogged down, then found it in her papers in the early 2000s and finished it. She didn't rewrite the whole thing, left the first part as the typical "rescued by the cop who falls in love with her" thing, but the second half is a lot more cynical. Her introduction to it is a great commentary on how romances have changed.
bennett - Oct 05, 2017 10:51:12 am PDT #24799 of 28216
Jane Aiken Hodge wrote more gothic romances - spooky castles, governesses, etc. - as I recall. Mary Stewart wrote more romantic suspense, except for Nine Coaches Waiting. I'm really looking forward to this reread.
aurelia - Oct 05, 2017 1:30:44 pm PDT #24800 of 28216
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Three kids, two consonants!
Efficient!
Atropa - Oct 05, 2017 2:07:16 pm PDT #24801 of 28216
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jane Aiken Hodge wrote more gothic romances - spooky castles, governesses, etc.
Women in nightgowns, fleeing ominous houses! One of my favorite genres! And I should check to see if any of her books are available digitally.