and then he kissed her by laura lee guhrke

She quits her job and starts working for Harry’s competitor and becomes the talk of High Society with her tips on essential things such as where to buy table linen or how to throw a dinner party. But after several years of trying she realises he doesn’t respect her writing. Plus she reckons she is at the right place for a writer to be – she has a manuscript of an etiquette book for Girls- Bachelors ad she hopes one day Harry will publish it. As a sensible, single woman, she knows that she has a good job, which pays well, giving that she is a mere woman and that Harry is fair in his treatment of her. He is utterly dependent on Miss Dove’s help and has been doing so for the past 5 years without so much as second thought to who Miss Dove really is – he sees her as a much efficient, non-attractive, no-fun, prim type and nothing else.Įmma on the other hand is coming to her 30th birthday and to a moment in time where she starts re-evaluating her life. Without her, he is useless, he remembers no birthdays, no business commitments and doesn’t even buy his own gifts to his family and mistresses. She is responsible for setting things in order and handling the smooth operation of his life. This is how I would describe Laura Lee Guhrke’s And Then He Kissed Her.Īt then end of 19th Century Britain, in a world divided by classes, where manners matter more than anything else, secretary Emma Dove works for publisher Harry, Viscount Marlowe. But when he kisses her, he discovers that his former secretary has more passion and fire than he ever imagined, for one luscious taste of her lips only leaves him hungry for more.įunny, light and charming.

Harry decides it’s time to teach Miss Dove a few things that aren’t proper.

Then she has the nerve to call him a liar, and even resigns without notice, leaving his business in uproar and his honor in question. Besides, he can’t believe his proper secretary has the passion to write anything worth reading.

Marlowe might be a rake with a preference for cancan dancers and an aversion to matrimony, but he is also the city’s leading publisher, and Emma is convinced he’s her best chance to see her work in print…until she discovers the lying scoundrel has been rejecting her manuscripts without ever reading a single page!As a publisher, Harry finds reading etiquette books akin to slow, painful torture. Summary: Supremely sensible Emmaline Dove wishes to share her etiquette expertise with London’s readers, and as secretary to Viscount Marlowe, Emma knows she’s in the perfect position to make her dreams come true.

And then he kissed her by laura lee guhrke