Lynne Graham's Glittering Golden Prose

Here's what I'd written about Harlequin Presents author Lynne Graham's writing in my previous post:

Graham is not the most sophisticated writer on the block--in fact I don't think Graham has met a noun she didn't think couldn't benefit from an adjective or two...

Here's what another reader was able to convey about the same idea to much better effect, in this case about Lynne Graham's THE ARABIAN MISTRESS (HP 2182, June 2001):

Graham rapes the thesaurus to describe Ibn Zachir's golden eyes [...]. He is variously described as having "molten golden eyes", "smouldering golden eyes", "scorching golden eyes", "burning gold of his eyes", "lustrous golden eyes", "censorious golden eyes", "hawkish golden eyes", "blazing golden eyes", "brilliant golden eyes", "shimmering golden eyes", "searching golden eyes", "glittering golden eyes", "glittering lion-gold eyes", "glittering golden gaze", "stunning golden eyes", "dark golden eyes", "stunning, dark golden eyes" and "brooding, dark golden eyes".

Please go and read the rest of Middle East commentator secretdubai's "scholarly" analysis of the book. It'll be one of the best five minutes of your day, especially if you've read sheikh romances. It begins thusly:

It was shocking to discover Lynne Graham's seminal treatise on East-West relations, "The Arabian Mistress", languishing in the one-dollar-clearance bin at Books & Record Exchange. In her detailed allegorical analysis of the strained and difficult history between Arabia and the West, Graham brings both depth of knowledge and sharp perception.

Hee. I'm drawn to Lynne Graham's books and Harlequin Presents in general, but they make themselves ridiculously easy targets.