Perhaps more shocking, however, are his feelings for the eccentric genius. Sent by the crown to bring both inventor and invention to safety, Ransom Falconer, Duke of Damerell, is shocked to learn Mr. Merlin Lambourne has invented the “speaking box”-a sort of telephone-which is so valuable that Napoleon has killed for it. In the end though, Ransom redeemed himself very thoroughly and made me fall in love with him too… sigh.A duke’s well-ordered world is turned upside down when a female inventor sends his heart soaring in this Regency romance by a New York Times–bestselling author.

In real life there are so many kinds of people and they fall for each other even though they might not be “compatible” in the sense of their lives or careers. Oh, and couldn’t he see how brilliant she was?! So frustrating! At the same time it was so real. I kept thinking that although i understood why Merlin loved Ransom (or at least that there’s no accounting for where we love) that he was wrong! wrong for her, wrong all the way around because he kept manipulating her and controlling her. Hope you are enjoying a happy new year, Laura.įirst of all i want to say that I absolutely love this book!!! It really immersed me into their story and their surroundings… every time that it was from Merlin’s POV i felt the surroundings receding and everything became blurry, but when it was from Ransom’s POV every thing was so sharp! Anyway, i just remembered that throughout most of the book i felt so helpless. :-) I’ll be sure to return and write more when I’ve finished. You can write as slow as you wish if these kind of books are the product. With this being my second read I am taking more time to enjoy all the nuances and I’m just in such awe of your touch! I’m still reading or I’d go on about the rest of the book, but I just put it down on page 100 and came to write this because I just HAD to.

How do you manage that? From their awkward opening coversations to the “incident” with the salt and his reaction afterward… How original and almost comical, and yet how heartwrenching for both of them. The otherworldly awkwardness of Merlin is so perfectly expressed, and in such wonderful contrast with the rock solid duke. But seriously, the beginning of this book is just a masterpiece. Writer to writer, I just DESPISE you sometimes because you are so talented. I just started re-reading this and I’m reminded of how the beginning of this book just floors me.

Midsummer moon by laura kinsale