Kleypas is able to balance it, ALL OF IT, because of the sincere love story and her, as always, exceptional smolder. In coming together, neither one in any way compromises who they are, rather they are able to come more fully into themselves and fit together.ĭreaming of You has everything: a tortured hero the reformation of a rake opposites attracting a wallflower who becomes a victim of circumstance self-made characters defying society to enter its upper echelons and an absolute bitch of a villain. She is brave, kind, and quietly relentless in both her literary pursuits and in encouraging Derek to allow himself to share his life with her. Saving Derek’s life gains her permission to visit his luxurious gaming establishment for research as long as she stays out of his way. Her novel about a prostitute named Matilda was a great success and helps earn her the access she needs for her work on the gambling dens that straddle the worlds of the poor and the elite.
Seemingly shy and demure, Sara Fielding writes about the underbelly of Victorian London. The reader meets her when thugs are attacking Derek and she shoots one of them in the face. His heroine is pretty spectacular as well. He would and did do almost anything he needed to survive and prosper. Complicated, brilliant, and intense, he is the supreme up-from-the-gutter hero. It’s splendid, slightly dated, and Derek Craven is one of the greatest men in the genre. A classic of the genre originally published in 1994, Dreaming of You is part of the historical romance canon, if such a thing exists. I keep mentioning Dreaming of You in other reviews and it is on my overall recommendations list, so it seemed time to reread it and include it here.
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