Slightly Dangerous
Mary Balogh · 2004
The culmination of Balogh's Bedwyn series and considered by many critics her best novel. The impossibly rigid Duke of Bewcastle and the warmly chaotic Christine Derrick. Balogh writes character depth and emotional interiority better than almost any genre author; this novel is the purest expression of her gifts.
The case against
Arrive without the five previous Bedwyn novels and the parade of sibling cameos plays like someone else's family reunion. Beneath that, the plot is Pride and Prejudice with a quizzing glass; Christine refuses Wulfric so many times the refusals lose force; and Balogh's measured prose keeps the temperature low just when the story wants heat.
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