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Summary: Not a doormat
Review: Back Cover description: She had nowhere to turn. After her parent's deaths, and her brother's departure for Canada, Jemima had no choice but to make a new life for herself. As she wasn't trained for anything, that wasn't going to be easy! On the whole, she realized she had been very lucky to be taken on as companion-help to old Lady Manderly, but still, Jemima knew that her life was somehow unsatisfactory, and she felt unfulfilled. That might, of course, have something to do with Lady Manderly's nephew--Professor Alexander Cator!This heroine has a strong character and can stand up for herself. Nicely plotted and the romance developes in stages. I liked this Jemima and it's always satisfying to see how the hero falls in love.
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Summary: Betty Neels Wrote 130+ Books-- This Is One of Them
Review: Jemima, the heroine in this book, is the middle class daughter of a deceased Oxford scholar. Her parents made sure that she had no training for any type of practical work before they died. So at 26 she finds herself having to look for work for the first time as her bother takes the lion's share of the banking account and heads for the US. At this point I was scratching my head because the brother was going to what sounded like a Graduate Assistant's position at Boston University. He was provided for, so it seems that it would be more sensible for him to leave most of the money with Jemima. Of course she would not have been in such desparate straits as to accept Lady Manderly's employment and end up living in a bedsitter over a stationer's shop in abject poverty had they done the logical thing. Anyway she ended up as companion to a difficult old lady with a poodle, some elderly but devoted servants and a nephew who is a broad chested, rich, obnoxious endocrinologist. Alexander, the nephew, also was running around with Gloria who was sort of a Mod with very bad manners. Jemima is actually a nice, well-mannered person. She soon has everyone in the household eating out of her hand. I liked Jemima who stands up for herself. Poor Gloria doesn't have a chance though. The author makes her a caricature of a selfish little rich girl. You have to ask yourself why Alexander was spending quite a bit of time leading Gloria on if he doesn't even like her. Of course courtesy is not high on his list of qualities. Arrogance and rudeness are near the top. Jemima certainly deserves a more considerate hero but apparently a rich alpha jerk was the fantasy hero of the day so that's what she gets. Luckily most of the book concentrates on Jemima as she copes with the events in the book rather than their romance.
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Summary: Betty Neels Wrote 130+ Books-- This Is One of Them
Review: Jemima, the heroine in this book, is the middle class daughter of a deceased Oxford scholar. Her parents made sure that she had no training for any type of practical work before they died. So at 26 she finds herself having to look for work for the first time as her bother takes the lion's share of the banking account and heads for the US. At this point I was scratching my head because the brother was going to what sounded like a Graduate Assistant's position at Boston University. He was provided for, so it seems that it would be more sensible for him to leave most of the money with Jemima. Of course she would not have been in such desparate straits as to accept Lady Manderly's employment and end up living in a bedsitter over a stationer's shop in abject poverty had they done the logical thing. Anyway she ended up as companion to a difficult old lady with a poodle, some elderly but devoted servants and a nephew who is a broad chested, rich, obnoxious endocrinologist. Alexander, the nephew, also was running around with Gloria who was sort of a Mod with very bad manners. Jemima is actually a nice, well-mannered person. She soon has everyone in the household eating out of her hand. I liked Jemima who stands up for herself. Poor Gloria doesn't have a chance though. The author makes her a caricature of a selfish little rich girl. You have to ask yourself why Alexander was spending quite a bit of time leading Gloria on if he doesn't even like her. Of course courtesy is not high on his list of qualities. Arrogance and rudeness are near the top. Jemima certainly deserves a more considerate hero but apparently a rich alpha jerk was the fantasy hero of the day so that's what she gets. Luckily most of the book concentrates on Jemima as she copes with the events in the book rather than their romance.
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