Margo's Reviews > Unleashed

** spoiler alert ** This was pretty formulaic except for in one detail, which relates to the OW. Normally a DP OW is glamorous and sexually liberated, even if she isn't putting out in an effort to get a marriage proposal from the overheated H. Meanwhile, the h is a drab little wren who is poor and "doesn't keep up with the times" in terms of sex.

In this case, the h is a drab, chaste little wren, but the OW is a sexless, moralizing fanatic who calls the H's sister a tramp because she wears short skirts, and who tries to get the H to surrender his gun and become a missionary with her in South America. (Surrender his gun? Diana Palmer is nothing if not subtle.)

The H, though not a virgin, is also behind the times, but thinks the OW is just suppressing her attraction. He gets sick of her pretty quick, and becomes increasingly drawn to the h.

In this case, I think the H and h are a good match, and he has a strong love declaration (of sorts, considering that he doesn't actually say it) that was legitimately heartfelt and romantic.

Edited to add that I hate when Diana Palmer gives her extremely poor h's short hair. If you are eating paste sandwiches and wearing rags, you aren't going to the salon every six weeks to get your short curls trimmed.