A Delicate Balance (G K Hall Large Print Book Series (Cloth))

Rating:
Summary: Indelicately Balanced
Review: "A Delicate Balance" violates several romance genre conventions. The financially and emotionally secure heroine is not a virginal victim of extorsion or coercion. The likable hero is not suave, sardonic, or saturnine. If the mystery subplot and characters weren't completely cliched, the story would have been shockingly original. Even though the premature conclusions and red herrings expected in a pot-boiler mystery are present, the novelty of the romance makes this book a swift, pleasant read.

Rating:
Summary: Don't Waste Your Time
Review: This is a silly story of a poor little rich girl, Linda, who wants to see life from "a worm's view". She checks herself out of London's Claridge Hotel and into the life of Mrs. Bates as her paid companion. However Linda manages to adjust to her new role, she does so with the precise motions of an automaton and with as little emotion. Even her love affair with one of the nephews of the house, abeit meant to be humorous, is so pristine it rankles. The two-fold plot revolves around Linda's said fork in the road and the mysterious undercurrent of unease that revolves around the household.

Do yourself a favor and skip this one; it is a dissatisfying waste of time.