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S'està carregant… The Scent of Lilacsde Barbara Hazard
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ApparitionsSiblings Katharine and Edwin Whittingham have just inherited a mansion from a great-uncle they never met. But before Edwin can sign the deed to Bryce House, his uncle’s will requires him to spend one full month there, nights included. Bemused by this caveat, the pair decides it must be just an aged man’s whim, and they pack up their few things for the coastal town of Lechton, where Bryce House awaits them.But the will failed to mention one thing. Bryce House is already inhabited -by a family of ghosts. Now practical Katharine must convince herself that the phantoms she sees are mere tricks of the light. But every now and again, a dashing, dark stranger appears in the garden, out of nowhere, and Katharine wishes with all her soul that he might be real, and the answer to her prayers… No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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If I had to guess Barbara Hazard was one of my top 5 favorite Regency authors in my teens. Her books were almost always auto-buys for me and indeed I bought this one new from Borders when it came out in 2001.
I mainly remember enjoying this because it was very different from the other Regencies at the time. It was told in first person, had a bit of a gothic mystery attached to it and while the romance was good it didn't seem the main focus.
In a lot of ways it reminded me of Northanger Abbey actually.
On re-read I still believe all of that...though find the heroine as clueless as a doorknob in many of the scenes. Indeed late in the book when she claims not to be blind to her brother's flaws despite loving him I rolled my eyes so hard I thought the one had popped out.
The back cover lies, she's not as practical as she seems - just next to her reprobate brother she's a bloody Saint.
That all being said, and even knowing some of the twists, I still enjoyed this and liked that the hero comes to his realization quickly and the works to secure her hand by dealing with her problems. (