The Sea Siren of Broadwater Bottom
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Publisher Description
Sometimes there's a fine line between assessing the competition and consorting with the enemy…
Thanks to an imprudent wager made by his younger brother, Edward Astley has to win a classical translation contest being hosted by Oxford University. This means he'll have to beat the latest star on the literary scene, the anonymous translator whose rendition of On the Sublime is taking Britain by storm. He's supposed to be studying, but all he can seem to think about is Elissa St. Cyr, the redheaded daughter of his former tutor, who's every bit as brainy as she is delectable.
Elissa has problems of her own. With her father's health failing, she'll soon need to support her mother and sisters through her translation work. And that means she needs to win the Oxford contest, so she can secure the one thing she has never had the opportunity to earn: an academic credential.
To make matters worse, she managed to get stuck in the middle of a pond during a thunderstorm, and the person who happened along to rescue her, witnessing her in the most humiliating moment of her remarkably humiliating life, was her ultimate beau idéal, the brilliant Edward Astley. Now Elissa keeps bumping into Edward everywhere she goes. Which would normally be wonderful …
… except she's worried he's going to figure out that she is the anonymous translator everyone is talking about.
Please note that the heat level is red hot!
Customer Reviews
Charming
This is an adorable story about two scholars, Edward and Elissa, who excel at the same skill, translation. They have known each other since childhood when her father was his tutor. Edward needs to win a classical translation contest in order to satisfy his impetuous brother’s wager. In order to do this, he must beat the mysterious translator whose translation of On the Sublime has made him famous. He enters the contest and helps get Elissa included in the group (not easy). Defeated in the contest, but a close second, Edward and his fellow scholars are shocked to learn that the anonymous translator whom they all admire and who won the contest is none other than Miss Elissa St. Cyr. What will Edward do when Elissa outdoes him in the contest? Something absolutely wonderful. Charming story, likeable characters, a great read.
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.