Forbidden! Gasp!

[annundriel]

Work was pretty good yesterday. The morning was really slow - two people in the library! And only one was actually there for the services we provide! But between noon and 5:30 there were 77 people. I had to count them for some library usage thing.

My favorite part was when one of the patrons, a woman I've known for many years, brought in a bag of books to return and had two to donate. I didn't really pay any attention to the donations at the time, just set them aside to deal with later. I'm kind of glad the patron was gone once I did look at them because, wow, I laughed a lot when I read the title. Forbidden: The Billionaire's Virgin Princess.

Now that's a title. At first I was like, "You're kidding, right?" But no, they obviously weren't.

So of course I had to look it up on Amazon. Here's the product description:

Sebastian Hawk is a master in business and in the bedroom. There is no place for emotion in his world.

Lina is a headstrong and reckless princess in need of protection and Sebastian is called in to provide round-the-clock security. Her provocative innocence is too enticing, and Sebastian loses his legendary self-control and beds her...only to discover she's still a virgin....

That's special. I'm sure I've read fic like that, too. And clicked the back button.

And, y'know, I think that may be connected to why I avoid a lot of Torchwood fanfiction. There's a lot of stuff that comes off as poorly written romance novel, but with characters I love getting butchered to suit the author's purpose. Saaaaad.

Comments

[ginnith.livejournal.com]

Well, now that there's a better idea out there than the one that was written, you should probably get to writing. I mean, there are loads of things with the same title, so you could probably get away with it. I see the movie version as being done similarly to Sex and the City where we can hear the girl's subconscious/hindsight voice overs.

I won't be moving anywhere before January for sure. From there, it sort of looks like I'll stay in Spokane, but I have no idea who it will be with/if I'll end up with a place of my own. What's up?

[annundriel.livejournal.com]

I just have this vision of the virgin princess being all peeved about her dad and complaining to her couple of handmaids/friends and then them all being like, "Let's make a pact..."

And, yes, voice overs.

As for the moving, I was just curious. I want to come visit and that's not really possible if you're living out of state.

[annundriel.livejournal.com]

That is, if you'll still have me.