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Title: A Phantom Affair
Author: Jo Ann Ferguson
Narrator: Lynne Jensen
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-19-15
Publisher: Audible Studios
Genres: Romance, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Beautiful, wealthy, and headstrong, Ellen Dunbar falls head over heels for the dashing Lord Corey Wolfe, but a seemingly insurmountable barrier exists between them - he is a ghost.
Members Reviews:
Excellent.
Pretty, wealthy Ellen Dunbar is very much the pragmatic Scot. She has had three Seasons in London and still remains unwed - by choice. She refuses to settle for less than her heart's desire. Ellen is spending the Summer with her best friend, Lady Marian, and her husband. Ellen meets the dashing Lord Corey Wolfe during a fireworks display at his estate and an attraction grows between them. Then an accident kills Corey and injures Ellen.
Though Corey no longer has a physical body, he cannot leave Ellen alone. So he vows to Ellen that he will find her the perfect husband before the end of the Summer, whether she wants his help or not.
***** What follows is pure pleasure to read. Only Ellen can see and hear Corey. So Ellen is forced to keep a straight face as she speaks to people, even though Corey is there saying the most outlandish things about the ones Ellen is talking to. It is witty, amusing, and the BEST way to spend a rainy afternoon that I can imagine. *****
Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.
Somewhat Juvenile
Really very silly writing, kind of juvenile.
sweet ghost Regency Romance.......
Synopsis:
Pretty, wealthy Ellen Dunbar has had three Seasons in London--and still remains unwed. A stubborn Scot, she refuses to settle for anything less than her heart's desire. Which makes meeting dashing Lord Corey Wolfe all the more magical. Ellen knows at first glance that he is the man of her dreams. Until an accident spirits Corey to the "other side"...Now Ellen and Corey live in different worlds, and even love cannot cross the chasm to the great beyond. So Corey does the noble thing: He decides to find Ellen a living husband who can make her happy here on earth. Though the tabbies of the ton think her odd for having conversations with thin air, suitors are soon forming a line for her hand. With Corey's divine intervention, Ellen should make a wonderful match. But, heaven help her, it is the irresistible, ghostly Corey she desires...in the flesh, in her arms...and forever in her heart.
my review:
overall, Phantom Affair was an sweet, charming lil ghost story. The interaction between Ellen and Corey was fun, and fairly hot for a traditional Regency (no actual scenes per see, but lots of sexual tension). The biggest flaw in the story itself was the secondary characters, which were very one dimensional and cliche'
I'd recommend A Phantom Affair to a Regency fan looking for a change of pace in storyline, but not unless you can get the book very cheaply.
3.5 stars.
A very 'different' Regency; highly enjoyable
If you like your Regency plots to be down-to-earth and plausible, you may not like this book. On the other hand, I am not in general particularly fond of stories concerning the supernatural, but I found this book entertaining and very moving, and I have re-read it a couple of times since.
Ellen and Lord Wulfric (Corey Wolfe, whose title is *not* Lord Corey Wolfe as the description on this site suggests, but the Marquess of Wulfric) meet and get on extremely well; then a tragic accident results in Corey's death. But not his departure from Ellen's life; he vows to find her the perfect husband before autumn comes.
