I have just read three Grace Livingston Hill books that Mom bought me :-) Little old paperbacks with yellow pages that smell like an old book, and romantic covers.
The last one I read, The Red Signal, has my current favorite hero, but they were all three quite wonderful so it's probably because I finished it last. Dan Stevens is a freight train engineer, introduced when he saves the main character, Hilda Lessing, from being run over by a train- two expresses ran through the station as she was crossing to a farther train, and Dan ran out and held her safe between the two scary trains :-) I'll have to introduce him in snatches:
Dan introduced...
"...She only saw his face bending solicitously over her, his pleasant eyes so brown and merry, and heard his cheery voice: 'Say, Kid, that was a close call!' ... The young man looked at his watch. He had nice hair and a handsome head. She liked the way the dark curl fell over his white forehead, and the strength of the bronzed neck above the jumper. "You've plenty of time. Number Ten isn't due for fifteen minutes. Come over to the restaurant and have a cup of coffee. That'll put some pep into you." He seized the suitcase and led the way. She noticed that he did everything as if her were a gentleman. She liked the way he pulled out the chair for her and seated her at the table."
Thinking of Dan...
"Meantime, it was pleasant to think of that handsome young man and the courteous way in which he had treated her. He reminded her of a picture she had once seen of a prince. True, he was not dressed in princely robes, but she was American enough to recognize a prince in spite of his attire."
The last is delicious, and instead of making this post way too long, I'm going to give it its own post...
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