
The Word: I'm sorry, but Lisa Kleypas and I? We are done. Sara: Wow, you make me look organized in comparison! Can we have our happily ever after now?Ģ Smug Marrieds from Previous Kleypas Books

I'll go and marry my almost fiance, who's a real man! *sparkle sparkle*Ĭrazy Whore Ex-Mistress: I'll get you, my pretty, and your little virginity too!ĭerek: *saves Sara* Guess we have to get married, now.Ĭrazy Whore Ex-Mistress: *crazy evil bullshit* Sara: *sparkle sparkle* How dare you refuse my naive and blundering advances! *wears pretty dress, gets drunk* Look at me, I'm a seductive worldly woman!ĭerek: You're still a moron. And an inexplicably attractive one to boot. Sara: *eyes sparkle* Oh of course, everyone is so nice, what could possibly be unsafe about walking down dark alleyways in 19th century London by myself? *sparkle sparkle*ĭerek: You're a moron. Sara: Anachronistic Twit to the rescue! *kills thug*

The Rub: He quickly comes to love Sara, but pushes her away because he believes he has nothing to offer her - nothing but piles of money, stunning good looks, and the anatomical blessings of a bull.ĭerek: Ah! My pretty Alpha Male face is threatened by thugs! He knows first hand that the slums of London are no place for a naive country girl. He brought himself up from the gutter to become the richest man in England. Too bad he wants nothing to do with her!ĭream Casting: North and South's Daniela Denby-Ashe.

The Rub: She'd rather do a little more intimate "research" on the criminal "underbelly" - as long as that criminal is Derek. Fielding." A novelist famous for writing about the underprivileged of London, she accidentally rescues the owner of a gambling hell from thugs, and sees a grand opportunity to guilt him into helping her research for her latest book.
