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Love In Madrid,
By Merry Reader "Sissy" (Indianapolis IN USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Moon Over Madrid (Paperback)
I prefer the old, old Harlequin Romance Books and this story is one of the reasons why.
Frances Hare gets a very well paid job working for a Spanish writer Don Felipe de Canovas, after working for sweet old man Nicholas Granby who loved her, whom she loved, until he died. But first Frances meets Dona Teresa de Torres y Canovas. Dona Canovas wants a older woman to help her son Felipe translate his novels in to English, but Frances gets such high praise from her former employer Mr Granby who sent a letter to his publisher praising Frances. So under the strength of that she is hired. They head to Spain, on the plane Frances meets Clive Kettner, an Australian. Clive falls in love with Frances, but so does Don Felipe's 1/2 brother Luis, and his young brother Juan takes a special liking to Frances. Once in Spain and Don Felipe doesn't seem too concerned with paying Frances for doing nothing but sight-seeing. Dona Teresa gets sick just as they get to Spain and we don't see her again until almost the end of the story. Don Luis is head over hills in love for the first time and he doesn't know how to take things gently. As he storms Frances defences, Frances takes his attentions with a pinch of salt, because Juan told her Luis has all the women falling for him, including his brother's Nova Carmela Henares, although Luis doesn't return her love she is so beautiful she is sure she will win Luis' heart. But the twist in this book is 12 yr-old Juan who thinks if he can get Felipe jealous, Felipe will drop Carmela and Juan will marry her as soon as he gets old enough. So he plans Carmela's fall, and tells his brother Felipe, but it backfires when Felipe has a nasty accident after hearing the news that the woman he loves is in love with his beloved brother. And much to Juan's chagrin, Frances is involved by Juan's Governess Senora Garcia who is a active menace. She tells Dona Teresa lies about Frances, but in the process get herself fired, after slapping Juan in the face for once in his mother Dona Teresa's presence There 2 more children Teresa has 18 yr-old Emilia who we never meet and 9 yr-old Pilar, who is rarely seen. Will Felipe get Carmela, will Clive get Frances, or will all be lost because of a wicked Senora Garcia? From the back of the book: 'Frances was delighted to get a job in Madrid as secretary to a handsome Spanish novelist-who, she later discovered, had a still more handsome brother. A nice Australian came into the picture too; altogether her visit to Spain proved even more trilling than she had expected.'
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