My first literary crush

Well, way before your time, when I was very young, I was going to marry Mighty Mouse or Hopalong Cassidy. Big decision at age 4 or 5.

You have inspired me to read An Old-Fashioned Girl. I have read Little Women and I liked it.

I should not really post here since all my crushes from age 8 on up were real people I knew. I was in love with my next door neighbor who was 9yrs old when I was 8. However I was attracted to The Lone Ranger aka Clayton Moore and two movie actors Rock Hudson and Jeff Chandler but never fantasized being with them in real life.

kc, I'm with you, Roarke is my adult crush! Looking very forward to the next book due out in less than a month!

I liked it way better than Little Women & Little Men, but a little less than Eight Cousins, and then Rose in Bloom took care of all the romantic pairings, etc. Sigh...

Linviolet, this is nice to know.

Took me a minute to find in a search but the only Hathaways I could remember were from Lisa Kleypas. Still in my TBRs...

Married by Morning by Lisa Kleypas (5/10)

He is everything she wants to avoid...
For two years, Catherine Marks has been a paid companion to the Hathaway sisters -- a pleasant position, with one caveat. Her charges' older brother, Leo Hathaway, is thoroughly exasperating. Cat can hardly believe that their constant arguing could mask a mutual attraction. But when one quarrel ends in a sudden kiss, Cat is shocked at her powerful response -- and even more so when Leo proposes a dangerous liaison.

She is not at all what she seems...
Leo must marry and produce an heir within a year to save his family home. Catherine's respectable demeanor hides a secret that would utterly destroy her. But to Leo, Cat is intriguing and infernally tempting, even to a man resolved never to love again. The danger Cat tried to outrun is about to separate them forever -- unless two wary lovers can find a way to banish the shadows and give in to their desires...

--Janie

I love Perry Mason! It is understandable. The t.v show was something I grew up watching, I used to watch with my younger brother who loves all the classic detective like shows and now with my Sweet-tart every once in a while we manage to catch an episode. 

And Leo Hathaway and his quips, from start to finish in the series always made me laugh or smile. Be warned though he has a dark time in the start of the series but as I said he loves like a madman.