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Mr. Impossible

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I read Lord of Scoundrels, and thoroughly enjoyed it. But this one was disappointing. If you like buffoonish, silly, shallow heroes, then maybe you'll like this one. The heroine wasn't much more interesting. And I just couldn't seem to care too much about the back story 'adventure'. The emotional development of the relationship wasn't there either. On the up side, the writing and detail was very well done.

Like all Loretta Chase novels the hero and heroine of the story are slightly out of the norm. Daphne Pembroke is a woman gifted with a brain in a time that doesn't accept intellectual women. Now a young widow, rather than bury her interests she pursues it with the assistance of her brother who acts as a frontman to his sister so she can fullfill her interests as Egyptology scholar. When her brother is kidnapped, she finds she needs the assistance of some brawn to accompany her brain and bails ne'er-do-well younger son Rupert Carsington from jail to fill the need. The story is an exciting and fun journey through Egypt as they try to save her brother from not one but 2 bands of kidnappers.

I loved Daphne and Rupert. Both were able to see past the outward personna each presented to society to the hidden depths beneath. She was outwardly a bluestocking, but he was open to and appreciated her intelligence and passionate soul. He was outwardly a big lummox, but she was able to see and appreciate his sense of justice and untrumpeted wisdom. The chemistry between them was wonderful. (Rupert is brother to Alistair who was the hero in Ms Wonderful).