Comments on: Review: The Indy Man by Janet Dailey http://www.loveromancepassion.com/review-the-indy-man-by-janet-dailey/ Because Books Don't Fall Asleep Afterwards! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:26:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Keira http://www.loveromancepassion.com/review-the-indy-man-by-janet-dailey/#comment-6462 Keira Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:08:45 +0000 http://www.loveromancepassion.com/?p=6485#comment-6462 You know I should have thought of that because you're right it is pretty different from other HQNs at that time. Good point! You know I should have thought of that because you’re right it is pretty different from other HQNs at that time. Good point!

]]> By: Cris http://www.loveromancepassion.com/review-the-indy-man-by-janet-dailey/#comment-6460 Cris Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:34:40 +0000 http://www.loveromancepassion.com/?p=6485#comment-6460 This is so strange! I read this book 20+ years ago and was just thinking about it last week as THE book that broke the 80's asshole-as-hero trope for me. I loved it because the book begins with the heroine already having won her traditional Harlequin hero (yes, very Alpha, rich, her boss at work of I remember correctly), but she's later won over by a guy that's funny, sweet and charming. At the time that was practically revolutionary! The book probably didn't age well, but after all of those teen years of reading hundreds of HQ's about plucky virgins and the assholes that date-raped, I mean loved, them, this one raised the bar and opened the door for much better heroes (for me anyway). This is so strange! I read this book 20+ years ago and was just thinking about it last week as THE book that broke the 80′s asshole-as-hero trope for me. I loved it because the book begins with the heroine already having won her traditional Harlequin hero (yes, very Alpha, rich, her boss at work of I remember correctly), but she’s later won over by a guy that’s funny, sweet and charming. At the time that was practically revolutionary!

The book probably didn’t age well, but after all of those teen years of reading hundreds of HQ’s about plucky virgins and the assholes that date-raped, I mean loved, them, this one raised the bar and opened the door for much better heroes (for me anyway).

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