![]() ![]() The reappearance of previous characters who are now exceptionally happy in their ever after? Oh yes. And other tropes that are familiar – the women who are instantly friends bonding across big personal issues? Yup. ![]() On the surface, among the bubbles, we have a secret baby. The prime candidate: millionaire playboy Jack Travis. Ella does so, and decides she has to find the baby’s father. Tara has had a baby, and left the days-old baby with their mother with no intentions of returning. ![]() They stay with you long after you thought they’d be gone.Įlla Varner is living in Austin with her boyfriend when she receives a call from her mother, Candy, a person who has abused and neglected her and her sister Tara. Those suds may look like bubbles, but they weigh fourteen tons. Kleypas takes the funny, frothy elements of contemporary romance, and imbues them with meaning, with importance, with real and visceral feelings that make the ultimate reading experience satisfying. And it looked without blinking at painful realities that women deal with, from new motherhood to surviving abusive parents to figuring out who you really are. It was a funny and enjoyably friendly and utterly sudsy fantasy. Reading Smooth Talking Stranger made me appreciate even more Lisa Kleypas’ skill and talent in writing romances that feature familiar themes with memorable, unique characters. ![]()
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