Phantom Lover (Harlequin Presents) [Paperback]

Susan Napier (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Harlequin (November 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373117078
• ISBN-13: 978-0373117079
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,344,105 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Star-Crossed Lovers, September 6, 2001

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Rebecca Robledo "sarahrob1" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Phantom Lover (Harlequin Presents) (Paperback)

I truly enjoy reading books by Susan Napier because she is more apt to write more realisticly. Her heroes and heroines are'nt always perfect in looks or personality. She will likely surprise you with some little quirky detail which to me are sometimes hilarious.
Adam and Honor are corresponding due to a strange mistaken identity problem. When they finally meet face to face, neither of them are impressed with the other. In fact, they really are almost enemies at first. True to form, Susan Napier has you waiting as you turn each page to come to the wonderful conclusion. The heroine of this novel is not exactly a waiflike model figure and the hero turns out to be a very honest and true person, who is not at all phased by this, which in this world of anorexic phrenia is a pleasure to read about. I enjoyed this book immensely.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Her Best, But Not Bad, March 8, 2007

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Amazon thy name is credit card debt (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Phantom Lover (Thorndike Large Print Harlequin Series) (Hardcover)

This is another fun romp by Ms. Napier. The heroine, Honor, believes she's been getting secret admirer letters and she's been writing right back to her Romeo with some steamy prose of her own. Imagine her surprise when this innocent pseudo-relationship opens a Pandora's box that frightens, angers and frustrates her.

Adam is a handsome, rich man used to having his own way, so he's taken aback when Helen, whom he originally characterizes as a "dumpling," stands right up to him. Adam has a sweet, meddling Mom who would like nothing better than for Honor and Adam to settle down and create more little dumplings for her to enjoy. Adam's young daughter Sarah becomes a fan of Honor as well, so it should all be smooth-sailing, right?

Uh, not so much. Adam's sister-in-law is a witchy woman with a proprietal air towards Honor's love interest. Honor's sister Helen, a slim, blonde model, also stirs this pot. Funniest scene of the book: when Honor warns Helen off Adam. Cracked me up and I had to re-read that scene several times it was so good. Other good Napier books: Counterfeit Secretary, Secret Admirer, Honeymoon Baby, or The Cruellest Lie.

4.0 out of 5 stars Monty is AWESOME, January 28, 2012

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Vanessa "dreamer" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Phantom Lover (Harlequin Presents) (Paperback)

Honor Sheldon has been receiving letters from Adam Blake . . . letters that seemed to get steamier as time went on and the correspondence continued. Honor honestly thought all the letters were meant for her, but the last one mentions her sister, Helen - the beautiful model, by name! Honor feels "honor bound" to advise Adam of his mistake in person. She goes to his house and through a series of events she is taken for someone who is blackmailing the Blake family. She is promptly accosted by Adam Blake, taken to the police station for a shake down, and soon released after explaining some very embarrassing things. Then of course Mr. Blake is B&E her home! Adam "kidnaps" Honor and admits that it helps to have a higher standing in the community because for some reason he is above the law. He tells Honor that she needs to stay w/ his family as the blackmailer may go after her.

Adam really wanted Helen as the last letter specifically mentions her by name. So it is completely understandable what Honor thinks later and a litter dirty of Adam to do what he did.

They snarl and snap at each other throughout the story, and it is rather amusing. However, that cat, Monty, adds so much to this story. He is freaking hilarious!!

Honor had foolishly fallen in love w/ her Phantom lover via letters and the real flesh and blood man isn't like that . . . so far. Eventually Adam wants Honor to speak of her feelings first. He appeared to be unsure of himself even though Honor thought of him as being arrogant. Perhaps he was in some things, but not as far as body image as he is sensitive in some areas in that regard. So he had to be reassured and secure in her feelings for him first. I didn't understand that at first, but once pieces were put together (i.e. woman from his past, and his body issue) it became apparent.