Much of the humor in this book lies in beautiful comic timing and some very zingy conversation. Then there’s also the dastardly French agent who is out to kill Merlin, and Merlin’s hedgehog, who, believe it or not, manages to save Merlin’s skin more than once. Things become more complicated when Merlin becomes involved with Ransom’s household, which includes a close-to-psychic mother, a neurotic sister, a ne’er-do-well brother, a ne’er-do-well brother’s former wife, a stammering nephew, and twin nieces. Ransom is equally determined to stop her, completely convinced that she will kill herself in the process. Merlin, however, is wrapped up in her dreams of building a flying machine. Ransom kidnaps Merlin and brings her to his home, and, after their little experience with the aphrodisiac, he’s determined to marry her. When accidentally ingests some aphrodisiac with his dinner at Merlin’s chaotic household, things just get more and more interesting.
Ransom is determined to protect Merlin at all costs, up to and including bringing her back to his home. That is, until he finds another device invented by the intrepid Merlin that is capable of transmitting voices through the air (think of a simplified walkie-talkie in the shape of a box). He truly doubts the feasibility of Merlin’s flying machine, and is about to abandon the venture altogether. Unfortunately, Ransom is terrified of heights - and he’s not too crazy about the hedgehog either. Well, she has her pet hedgehog too, but more about him later. However, instead of a bald old man, he finds a pretty, eccentric and hopelessly absent-minded woman, alone in the world with only a couple of cranky old retainers and dreams of creating a flying machine to keep her company. An agent has already been killed in his attempt to convey the information the Ransom, and he fears for the inventor’s life. Ransom Falconer, Duke of Damerell, is looking for an eccentric, cranky old inventor named Merlin Lambourne who has supposedly invented a device that will be invaluable in the fight against the French. Of course, it’s written by Laura Kinsale, queen of the Dark, Tormented Romance, so a laff-out-loud book isn’t quite the first thing you’d expect from her. Midsummer Moon is one of the greatest, unacknowledged romantic comedy novels and a true Desert Isle Keeper.
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