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This HaBO is from Cindy, who is searching for a long lost romance novel:
I’m hoping that the Bitchery can work their magic. I grew up in Trinidad and Tobago in the late 80s and 90s, so the romance books available were eclectic to say the least. Sadly my entire collection got thrown out by my religious grandmother in the pre-internet days and my Google skills have been rather dismal in this case.
The book I’m searching for had a grey border on its cover, I believe. The main couple were called Jane and Sandy. She was a librarian in search of her scientist brother and she mistakenly thought Sandy was the criminal he was defending. She went to him for help, navigating the criminal underworld and he played along. One part had him dressed up in punk leather at a club. Eventually they found the brother, but instead of hiding away working on his top secret formula that the bad guys were after, he had become a carrot farmer.
This was one of the first novels I had read that had this irresistible (for me) combination of sarcasm, absurdity, mistaken identity and romance. I know nostalgia has greatly heightened how much I remember enjoying the book and it may not hold up as an adult. But I’m willing to try again and hopefully find it in some dusty corner of a bookstore or the internet.
Okay, I kind of want to read this.
Partners in Crime
by Anne Stuart
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Oooo I know this one! It’s an old Anne Stuart called Partners in Crime.
I kinda want to read this.
Gotta love a character who says, “Screw the McGuffin, I’m going to do something else.”
I actually have this book. Love those Harlequin American Romances by Anne Stuart.
Carrot farmer. Well, that’s not something you see every day.
Jeez and ages. That was amazing. All the gratitude to you guys