More Ankhonventional Courtships
Jun. 24th, 2021 07:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
daibhidcHi, still here. Haven't been posting recently because Stuff's been getting in the way (everything's fine, just ... y'know ... Stuff).
Anyway, I was looking at Unconventional Courtships with my Discworld additions again, and while I still haven't been hit by a plot-bunny from one, I continue to be amused by the ones that almost make sense without having to push the characters into the roles:
277) A Wicked Liaison by Christine Merrill
A Conventional Lady…
Sam Vimes , Duke of Wellford, has always been impeccably behaved. So why does he suddenly feel a wild urge to kick over the traces?
An Uncommon Thief…
Amy Hardwood is a mysterious figure. Lady by day, she steals secrets for the government by night.
A Stolen Kiss!
When Sam finds a woman in his bedroom late at night, his first instinct is to call for help. But something stops him. The thief apologises and gracefully takes her leave… and a kiss for good measure. And Sam knows that won’t be the last he sees of this intriguing vamp…
I'm also amused by ones where replacing "knight" with "dame" kind of makes it sound like a Regency romance written by Dashiell Hammett.
595) The Knight’s Forbidden Princess by Carol Townend
A prince captive in the tower…
A Spanish dame who can set him free!
In this Princesses of the Alhambra story meet Prince Mustrum Ridcully, who can’t escape his tyrannical Sultan father. For Spanish dame Countess Kristine Kochanski his innocence and his beauty tug at her sense of honour. She will lay down her life to protect him… but the risks are great: he is the son of her sworn enemy!
Anyway, I was looking at Unconventional Courtships with my Discworld additions again, and while I still haven't been hit by a plot-bunny from one, I continue to be amused by the ones that almost make sense without having to push the characters into the roles:
277) A Wicked Liaison by Christine Merrill
A Conventional Lady…
Sam Vimes , Duke of Wellford, has always been impeccably behaved. So why does he suddenly feel a wild urge to kick over the traces?
An Uncommon Thief…
Amy Hardwood is a mysterious figure. Lady by day, she steals secrets for the government by night.
A Stolen Kiss!
When Sam finds a woman in his bedroom late at night, his first instinct is to call for help. But something stops him. The thief apologises and gracefully takes her leave… and a kiss for good measure. And Sam knows that won’t be the last he sees of this intriguing vamp…
I'm also amused by ones where replacing "knight" with "dame" kind of makes it sound like a Regency romance written by Dashiell Hammett.
595) The Knight’s Forbidden Princess by Carol Townend
A prince captive in the tower…
A Spanish dame who can set him free!
In this Princesses of the Alhambra story meet Prince Mustrum Ridcully, who can’t escape his tyrannical Sultan father. For Spanish dame Countess Kristine Kochanski his innocence and his beauty tug at her sense of honour. She will lay down her life to protect him… but the risks are great: he is the son of her sworn enemy!
