Hello Stranger
Ratings22
Average rating3.6
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Ratings22
Average rating3.6
New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas delivers a scintillating tale of an unconventional beauty who finds passion with the spy who can’t resist her A woman who defies her time Dr. Garrett Gibson, the only female physician in England, is as daring and independent as any man—why not take her pleasures like one? Yet she has never been tempted to embark on an affair, until now. Ethan Ransom, a former detective for Scotland Yard, is as gallant as he is secretive, a rumored assassin whose true loyalties are a mystery. For one exhilarating night, they give in to their potent attraction before becoming strangers again. A man who breaks every rule As a Ravenel by-blow spurned by his father, Ethan has little interest in polite society, yet he is captivated by the bold and beautiful Garrett. Despite their vow to resist each other after that sublime night, she is soon drawn into his most dangerous assignment yet. When the mission goes wrong, it will take all of Garrett’s skill and courage to save him. As they face the menace of a treacherous government plot, Ethan is willing to take any risk for the love of the most extraordinary woman he’s ever known.
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Skipping over Boring Twin, Hello Stranger instead focuses on Lady Doctor and Illigitimate Ravenel Detective/Spy/whatever. Garrett is a feminist and highly educated, so there's period appropriate birth control methods, plus we get to skip the usual “so that's what a penis looks like” moment. This book does feel like a totally different genre from the previous ones. Devil in Spring touched on it but Hello Stranger dives right into the political/criminal pool.
Warning: Contains icky medical stuff. No worse than an episode of House or ER but still icky.
3.5 stars. An improvement over the earlier novels of the series but the hero was seriously creepy in the beginning, following her around like that.
I liked this! Nice to have a Kleypas novel not focused on the "upper class," and lots of fun historical doctoring details in here. This suffers a bit from being several years old, because I think a current re-write could have leaned more into British colonial violence against the Irish, which was an interested subplot. Good mix of suspense and romance.
4.25
This book was SO GOOD. I love a strong woman who takes no shit and a man determined to protect her and dying to get on his knees for her.
Garrett was a great character, I liked her since her introduction in Marrying Winterborne. Ethan was great too, though tbh I was more interested in his connections to Ravenels. Also, I really wanted to know if he actually took this house his father left him or did he sell it to West like he said. I assume he sold it, but still, I'd rather know for sure.
I liked their relationship and how early they confessed their feelings to one another. There was no stupid misunderstanding, only circumstances preventing them from being together. I'm glad that Ethan didn't lie that she means nothing to him or shit like that; he was very honest (and poetic!) about his feelings to Garrett and he didn't mislead her or deceive her. I appreciated it.
West!! Oh how I missed thee! And who was the red haired beauty he mentioned?? The one that hated him?? She wasn't mentioned in the first book, was she. Anyway, I missed West and I'm glad to spend time with him now. He was as delightful as I remembered. I love him. I can't wait to read his book soon!
And there was mention of Sebastian and Evie which is always amazing!!
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7 primary booksThe Ravenels is a 7-book series with 7 primary works first released in 2015 with contributions by Lisa Kleypas.
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