Get Thee Off My Lawn
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When swan theft is your love language...
APRIL NIGHTINGALE wants the best for her swans, Gerald and Daphne, which is why she won’t rest until they mate for life. It would have happened by now if not for Gerald’s absurd penchant for the neighbor’s pond. But when April trespasses on the Derring lawns to reclaim her fowl, a fouler surprise awaits… As does a tall, handsome neighbor who can’t hold back his laughter at her folly.
LEOPOLD DERRING was not expecting this today: a swan thief in his pond. Trespassers are not much tolerated, but this one’s story is too amusing not to hear. And her gap-toothed, mischievous grin? Too enticing. But being her rescuer for a day was never going to be enough, and her swan—Gerald, was it?—might be the very thing to lure her back.
GERALD THE SWAN does as he pleases and paddling about on the Derring pond pleases him very much. Unfortunately for him, the twits who “own” his ponds are incapable of declaring affection through any means but swan theft and are in need of a graceful pawn.
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Shenanigans! Daria Vernon is quickly becoming one of my favorite new voices in romance. This novella is charming, witty, steamy...and ultimately very touching and moving as two folks who haven't quite found their place in the world just yet find home in each other.
Such a fun novella! April falls into her neighbor's pond trying to retrieve her pet swan, and her dashing neighbor Leo rescues her and they have sex in his bathtub pretty much immediately. Their banter and dynamic was so playful and wonderful - it was a delight to see the inherent silliness of sex on-page (the sexiness is there too), and it's nice to see characters who don't take themselves too seriously, even if they have serious pursuits and passions outside of the relationship.
The swans are not as big a plot point as the description makes them sound, which for me was a plus. I don't especially care about birds, except the barn swallows I can see out my front window, which I am surprisingly SUPER invested in. There's four baby birds! They are HUNGRY MOM.
