Garrett goes around walking at night and is accosted by men bent on rape, but she takes down one before the hero takes down the other two (the author wants to show me that the heroine is awesome, but not so awesome enough to render the hero’s coming to her aid unnecessary, as it’s only romantic if the hero is needed to save the heroine). Garrett is told that his sire left him a house and he doesn’t want it. Oh, and she can’t imagine why he would want her because she’s so modest that she can’t see herself as desirable, blah blah blah.īut to get to that “juicy” part, I have to slough through the “things just happen” format of this story. Like a good virtuous romance heroine, she has never experienced genuine desire for a man until she sees her designated true love, so see, people, even if this makes her horny and causes her to be faster than a speeding bullet, it’s okay, because she’s doing it with her true love, so all is right in the world.
Mind you, having her actually do that with all kinds of guys will brand her a prostitute in many readers’ eyes, sales will drop, and the author will have a less cheery Christmas this year, so no, it’s all talk on the heroine’s part. In other news, Garrett is a doctor who knows all about biology, and she is also an independent feminist who has no qualms of satisfying her carnal curiosity.
On the bright side, this one has more of a plot that the previous book – Ransom is a former Scotland Yard guy who isn’t only loaded, awesome, dangerous, et cetera – just like every hero in this series so far – he is also some kind of spy whose latest assignment ends up spilling over into his personal life and possibly puts Garrett in danger. And then, as the author set things up for the next book, it’s time to go back to arguing over whether the hero is going to resemble this actor or that actor.
If you have read any of the previous books in this series, and you love it, you have probably spent quite some time on Goodreads putting up animated gifs of cartoon characters with heart-shaped eyes at the notion that, in this book, finally Dr Garrett Gibson – that’s our heroine – and Ethan Ransom are going to make sweet, sweet love as the adoring members of their fan club cheer them on. Nonetheless, it can stand alone very well, mostly because nothing really happens here in terms of plot, and things happen slowly enough that most people can catch up quite easily. Hello Stranger is the fourth book in Lisa Kleypas’s The Ravenels series, and appropriately enough, it is knee-deep in already existing relationships, all of whom form a strong network of support to give the impression that the main couple of this book is never in any genuine trouble.
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