Review: The Mashed Potatoes of Romance
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 2, 2014
An Accidental Affair is the mashed potatoes of romance novels--a staple item, but not very exciting.A rake has an undeserved reputation. A young woman is threatened by a cruel relative and/or depraved villain. There is a Problem that melts away once it has kept the lovers from their happy ending long enough.Those same elements can be put together in ways that are charming or imaginative. That didn't happen here. The hero is a decent guy with nothing special about him to make him memorable. The heroine is bland.The one out-of-the-ordinary aspect was the hero's unusual servants who all looked suspiciously similar and provided the only amusing moments.