Customer Reviews

Not Quite A Lady (Harlequin Historical)

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I really enjoyed this book!

Lilly, who has lived at her Inn all her life and now runs it, is capable of making things happen with just her thoughts- a talent that she hides well. However, every time she does it there are unforeseen consequences. One of the main things she does is 'touch' Sam, who is visiting the inn, and has problems with being touched physically.

I disagree with the other reviewer, that it was ridiculous that he allowed the other touches and not real ones. He didn't know what she was doing until the very end of the book- he KNEW she wasn't touching him, he just felt it- and he thought it was in his head.


I love Victorian novels, & there's not too many of them! This was well written, and I liked the paranormal aspect.

However I'm taking off just one star because I thought there weren't enough historical details in it- there wasn't much here to give you a peek into the past. While it should never be the focus of a romance, I do believe it's needed to give it atmosphere and credence.

Also there was a lot of point of view switching- yes she did it correctly, by changing the POV in a new paragraph, but often it was during the same scene, and i felt this was a bit jarring at times.

Still, this was a really fun story.

I was thoroughly enjoying this book until page 98 where it fell apart. The hero, tortured so terribly by his captors in the Sudan, can't stand to be touched. A problem since he does desire the heroine. She too finds him very desireable. So much so that her magic powers run wild as she imagines touching him. He feels her unseen fingers, yet isn't repulsed by the touch. Great. BUT SHOULDN'T HE REALIZE ON PAGE 98 THAT HE NO LONGER HAS A PROBLEM? Perhaps the author should have seen that as well.