This was my first regency romance and I must say that I enjoyed it very much. I felt like I was transported back in time to the 1800's. Awesome!
Just in case you didn't know, regencies take place in England during the Regency period between 1811 - 1820. And a traditional regency is rated G and are based on humor, wit, and misunderstanding. Ms. Hunter adds a paranormal twist to her stories along with kissing which makes her regencies such good reads.
It was nice reading a romance novel with... well... romance and no sex. I thought that Anthony and Elizabeth were going to get together much sooner then they did but was glad that they didn't because Ms. Hunter surprised me when it happened. I found myself smiling throughout the story, well done Ms. Hunter. I highly recommend reading this book. it is a feel good story with a happily ever after ending that will have you saying that was so sweet.
Excerpt:
Anthony Thornhill, the Duke of Albourne, was quite enjoying the close company. He had to admit, she was not like the many other girls he had known, all fluttering eyelashes and coy smiles behind lace fans. No, she was quite extraordinary, and the fact that she was not already melting under his most capable charm, as every other sweet young thing to have graced his presence had done, was evidence enough of that. She intrigued him, this young woman before him, and engendered a sense of challenge within him. And he was never more alive than when aroused by a challenge as sweet as Lady Elizabeth.
He
grinned, observing her downward glance, and then looked in the
direction of the refreshment tables. “It
would seem that I must attend to this,” he admitted with a note of
reluctance, having come to appreciate their intimate circumstance.
“If you would wait for me here, I won’t be but a—”
Lady
Elizabeth gasped as someone fell against her, pushing her into
Anthony. He reached out quickly, catching her in his arms. The impact
knocked him back although he braced against it.
Forgive
me,” Lady Elizabeth uttered. Her palms pressed firmly into the now
taut muscles of Anthony’s chest. She tried to right herself, but
the man who’d knocked her over was still pushing against her as he
attempted to stand.
The
fragrance of lilacs rose before Anthony, the firmness of Lady
Elizabeth’s body now deliciously warm as she was pressed helplessly
against him. He tightened his arms around her. Her silken curls
caressed his face and as the pink of her cheeks deepened noticeably,
he smiled.
He
liked the way she felt in his arms. In fact, he’d
been thinking about it ever since she’d stumbled into those same
arms earlier in High Street. Only then, the moment had been lost
before he’d had the opportunity to really enjoy it.
Now,
he was definitely enjoying the moment, and the fact that he was
unable to move—unable to do anything in which he could remedy the
situation—was no cause for alarm as far as he was concerned.
Although she was trying desperately to pull away, moving her body
ever so slightly against him in the process, it
only served to heighten his pleasure.
“Lady
Elizabeth—”
The
man righted himself and Lady Elizabeth was at last able to free
herself.
“You
must believe me the clumsiest fool, sir,” she said to Anthony, her
hands still firmly pressed upon the embroidered grey silk of his
waistcoat.
“I
could never believe that of you, Lady Elizabeth.” An errant curl
had come loose, its raven tress descending upon the milky white of
her neck, and he watched as she tried unsuccessfully to tuck it back
into place.
He
realized he had been staring. “Lady
Elizabeth?” He hesitated, hoping his words would bring those green
eyes to look upon him, her gaze having been directed everywhere but. “Lady Elizabeth, I—”
The overview...Unable to prevent his first love, the Lady Marianne, from being struck down by a carriage in a London street, Anthony Thornhill, heir to the Duke of Albourne, watches her die in his arms.
Believing her lost to him forever, he tries to forget her through an endless line of ladies, his rakish ways leaving him empty and wanting. That is until he literally bumps into the Lady Elizabeth, his curiosity aroused. Drawn to her, because she reminds him of a loss he will never regain, he comes to realize she just may be the Lady Marianne, fulfilling a promise of a dance that never was. His only problem…she does not remember him.
Can he bring her memories forth, allowing her to see him as she did then? To know him once more and reclaim the love for him she once had? Or will she be lost to him forever?
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