Perfect Partners
- Author: Jayne Ann Krentz
- Publisher: Pocket Books
- Year: 1992
- Setting: Seattle
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Joel Blackstone has spent years plotting the perfect revenge against the man he believes killed Joel's father. Now, just as things are lined up and ready to go, Joel's mentor and boss dies -- and leaves the business he promised Joel to his niece, librarian Letty Thornquist. Joel sees Letty's presence as a minor inconvenience, until she announces that she's quit her job as a librarian and is taking over as president of the company. He then must execute his revenge, control Letty's impulses, and fight to keep his heart from overruling his brain.
Written in 1992, Perfect Partners is both a relic of old-school romance and a reminder of how good romance stands the test of time. Letty is a bit on the naive side when it comes to modern heroines; her understanding of sexual relations is better suited to a woman of centuries past. Her naivity is surprising considering that she, like many Jayne Ann Krentz heroines, is well-educated and intellectually inclined.
The book remains a favorite with romance readers due to the well-executed story, smart and funny dialogue, and "she doesn't need therapy" line -- a reference to Letty's former fiance's assertion that her lack of sexual satisfaction can be cured with therapy. Krentz has great fun depicting the former fiance as a pompous academic whose self-centered nature prohibits him from seeing that being caught in a compromising situation caused Letty to end the engagement.
Quotable Lines
"Good news, Dixon," he said thickly. "She doesn't need therapy."
Pocket Books edition, page 296
