Mr. Brundy is an illegitimate orphan who’s worked his way up from the workhouses. He’s now one of the richest men in England. He’s honest and hardworking. He also can’t pronounce his ‘h’s.
Tag: romance
why i like one star reviews
DISCLAIMER BEFORE THE PITCHFORKS ARE FORKED, OR ER, PITCHED (?) IN MY DIRECTION: By 'reviewer' I do not mean 'a malicious troll'. I mean a reviewer who is stating their opinion on the book in a fair, truthful, and often amusing way. I am not a villain, cackling away behind the anonymity of a computer… Continue reading why i like one star reviews
tropes i would like to see more of
... maybe this is love - not because the character declares it every. other. page (I could say that I am a dragon-slaying astronaut, for sure, but that don't make it so) but because we - the reader - have watched it grow.
highlights of text butchery
You can look back on a butchered page and think: my gosh, this looks legit! Maybe I am a Proper Writer after all!
podcast // wishes, crusaders, and gardens
If you marry a man for his bank account, you're called a gold digger. So what do you call it if you're marrying a man for a rose garden ... a garden digger? ... a gardener? No? Okay. [The Rose-Garden Husband by Margaret Widdemer] And Phyllis Braithwaite, the little Liberry Teacher who had been living… Continue reading podcast // wishes, crusaders, and gardens
of words & books 