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my God this was so twee Internal monologue after internal monologue all in the cutsiest meandering style I was also very disappointed that the initial conflict that interested me the librarian heroine is being forced to censor library material by the prudish mayor was dropped without a word just a suggestion that the Mayor is going to find twu wuv later in the series which presumably will loosen her up and fix everything Would only give itstar except you have to love a librarian heroine and nerdy professor hero getting it on He was a man of books alright but Rory Monahan had no explanation for his new reaction to lovely librarian Miriam Thornbury Something was suddenly different about her He'd never noticed that her legs were so longor her lips uite so fullWhy it was almost as if the sultry but sensible Miss Thornbury was trying to seduce himWell two could play at this game After all he was a scholar it was time he figured out what was up with her Even if it took all day and all night The things a man will do in the name of research Modern The story was good Yes there were lots of internal monologues and at some point the girl seemed like she was too desperated to get the man But the characters were lovable and Rory being a professor was uite the nerd Extract from chapter VIview spoiler “Im sorry” he immediately apologized as he jerked his arm back again “I was reaching for the glove compartment I think theres a flashlight in there”“Thats all right” Miriam said genuinely if a little breathlessly “No harm done”All right so that last part of her statement hadnt been uite as

genuinely offered as the first part Although it certainly had been all right for Rory to touch her hed actually just done plenty of harmto her thoughts to her well being to her sense of propriety and to her libido“Perhaps you could look for the flashlight” he suggested “Youre in a better position to find it than I am anyway”Obediently she felt around the dashboard until she located the knob to open the glove compartment And when she reached inside she wasnt surprised to discover how tidy and well organized were the contents It took her no time at all to find the flashlight But when she withdrew it and switched it on no light flashed forth She shook it gently hoping to rouse some scant illumination but to no avail“I think the batteries must be dead” she saidShe heard Rorys frustrated sigh part the darkness between them “They are” he told her “I recall now that they ran out while I was changing my last flat tire I meant to put new ones in but” he shrugged apologetically “I forgot”“Oh Rory” Miriam said as she replaced the flashlight and closed the glove compartment In spite of their difficult situation she couldnt uite halt the smile that curled her lips “You need someone to look after you”She felt him stiffen in the seat beside her “I beg to differ” he said curtly “Ive been looking after myself for my entire adult life”“Have you” she asked still smiling“Of course I have”“Well I do apologize then” Miriam told him “And I do stand corrected”Now that her eyes were adjusting better to the darkness she could distinguish his features fairly well and she saw him relax some But there was no way she would ever believe that Rory Monahan looked after himself Not with any degree of success anyway“Well then” she continued after a moment “as you said we may be stuck here for a good while What on earth shall we do to pass the time What could there possibly be available to two peopletwo consenting adults I might addwho are stranded alone together on a dark and stormy night with absolutely no hope of discovery for hours and hours and hours on end” She leaned toward him a little and cooed softly “Hmmm Rory What would you suggest we do” hide spoiler Elizabeth Bevarly was born and raised in Louisville Kentucky and earned her BA with honors in English from the University of Louisville inAlthough she cant recall ever wanting to be anything but a novelist oh all right she toyed briefly with becoming an archaeologist until she realized how awful she looked in khaki and flannel and there was a brief fling with the interior decorator th.