Anne Hampson (1928–2014)

Wow, this had the potential to be great but wow is all I can say. At the end of the book in the final showdown scene the hero shakes the heroine until he himself is breathless.. But okay they still haven't made up so maybe there is some slight justification.

Then there is a weird spot after she shouts at him that she doesn't love him and he doesn't love her. The story picks up with : "It was less than half an hour later that Karen and Clint were standing close together on the sunlit deck of the Fair Mermaid, the last misunderstandings having been straightened out."

WTF? Was the author just too lazy to write that scene?

And then the coup de grace, she mentions 'when we're married ' and he says 'did I mention marriage?' And she teases 'well nowadays there's women's lib, so will you marry me?

And then this happened, I s*** you not.

"Again she was stopped, this time by a slap that was meant to hurt—and it did. You, my girl, can forget Women’s Lib! I’m the master and I’m also old-fashioned enough to feel it’s the man’s prerogative to do the proposing.’ He paused a moment, his eyes challengingly severe. ‘If you feel you can’t live with my cruelty then you only have only to refuse."

Seriously just WOW.… (mere)