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A Cinderella Seduction*
Complex Family Issues Hamper Romance
I used to read Harlequin romance when I was much younger, back in the previous millennium. I hadn’t read one in a long time. I was delightfully surprised at the emotional depth of this story. It is about a lot of things, not just the romance. It is about family in the broadest sense, what family means to us and what we owe our families simply by being a part of them. What happens when our needs conflict with the needs of our family? The hero and heroine in this story are good people placed in a bad situation. The heroine is trying to come to grips with her new position in her long-lost family, and the hero has long-standing issues with his mother that have been exacerbated since his older brother’s death. Since their families have had a rivalry for generations, a relationship between them may not be acceptable to their families. So, will they risk what they have now for the future happiness they could possibly have? I might have made these issues seem straightforward, but they are actually quite complex in the book. The author did an excellent job of juggling the warring emotions and the tribalism that both the main characters have to face.
