Possibly the most outrageously hideous outfit ever is to be found in Dangerous Enchantment (1969): She had dressed with care in a new Crimplene two-piece of a delicious shade of salmon pink. The flared skirt was calf-length while the short jacket was double-breasted and scalloped on the neckline. With it she wore her double string […]
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Caroline by Anne Mather
Caroline is the first book that Anne Mather wrote, in 1965 when she was just 19. While her talent is already apparent, it’s a very naive work in many ways. 17-year-old Caroline has lunch and a dinner date (yes – literally just two dates) with her handsome boss 39-year-old Adam Steinbeck. After this briefest of […]
Read MoreAlien Wife by Anne Mather
I so wanted to adore this: Anne Mather, age-gap (19/39), innocent heroine/alpha older man. But I was left… bewildered.
Read MoreStorm in a Rain Barrel by Anne Mather
For me this was a vintage winner: a guardian-ward romance with a massive age gap (17/37). There’s a devastatingly sexy, older hero who’s 100% in the mould of Mills & Boon/Harlequin heroes, right down to the “deeply etched” lines and the “sensual curve” of his mouth. And some bonus low-growing sideburns, but hey, this is […]
Read MoreBeware the Beast by Anne Mather
So let’s be honest: there’s only one reason we all read a book like this. It’s for the Big Wedding Night/consummation scene. Because it’s a forced, arranged marriage by domineering older man Alex, and the heroine, Toni, is a typically timid virgin. We all want to know what happens. That’s why we skim over the […]
Read MoreTake What You Want by Anne Mather
This is less of a romance, more of a soap opera. It’s like an episode of Emmerdale Farm penned by the writers of The Bold and the Beautiful. Sophie, 17, has just finished school and the world is basically her oyster. She’s done so well that she can apparently go to Oxford. However, her only […]
Read MoreMelting Fire by Anne Mather
Melting Fire is hot. There is a very edgy, forced-seduction first-time scene that may be too much for some readers. Olivia, 19, has just left finishing school in Paris, where she picked up a famous French popstar boyfriend, Jules Merignac. However, her stepbrother Richard, 37, who has acted as her guardian since she was four-years-old, […]
Read MoreSpirit of Atlantis by Anne Mather
Julie is the worst kind of romance heroine. She’s passive, constantly angry and uptight, and endlessly “no-means-yes”. She has no real drive or interest in anything. No career plans. She has ended up engaged to creepy older man Adam, her late father’s business partner. She’s so pathetic she just can’t stop herself cheating on him […]
Read MoreMoon Witch by Anne Mather
Moon Witch is a lovely vintage Mills & Boon romance, written and set in the 1970s. So of course you get all the usual “jet set” glamour from that era, a young virginal but spirited heroine, and an older rakish man of the world who of course falls in love with her and is – […]
Read MoreGreen Lightning by Anne Mather
Green Lightning by Anne Mather is OUTRAGEOUS. There is simply no other way to describe it. she’s 17, he’s 35 he’s has been her guardian since she was a small child they’re not blood related, but he is described as her “uncle” for 99% of the book at one point he spanks her bare behind […]
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