Nov 28

Written by: Kathleen Klocko
11/28/2011 10:29 AM 

(Kay's note: I often feel that romance readers should have a support group since they are generally regarded by other readers as the bottomfeeders of the literary world.  However, the secret is that some romances are well written, fun and a great escape from "real life". Hence, I'll be putting out some reviews of the better romances I've read. Fair warning: they do all have sex scenes, but if those are annoying to you, they're fairly easy to skip over.)

The Amorous Education of Celia Seaton by Miranda Neville.  Despite the god-awful title and the even more god-awful cover (bared shoulders, knees, taaaacky) this book was a complete romp and very enjoyable. Celia wakes up (on pg. 1) to discover that she has been kidnapped. While this is bad enough, she then discovers the unconscious body of Tarquin, the man who ruined her life by comparing her head to a cauliflower, passed out in the cottage as well. Delightfully, he has temporary amnesia. Thinking quickly, she tells him that she's his fiancée and his name is Terence Fish. Antics ensue.

What made the book even better is that the characters in this story pass around a real book, which is "The Genuine and Remarkable Amours of the Celebrated Author Peter Aretin",  written in 1796 and found by author Neville in the British Library.  The lines from this book are a complete scream and worth the price of admission!
     --Kay