Lord Patrick Delaney promised to deliver an important message to his best friend’s sister, but promises are hard to keep when one becomes a ghost. After Patrick is attacked in the forest and tossed into a river, he is surprised to wake at the country estate where the lovely Miss Laura Chetwey is mourning the loss of her brother. Even more surprising, she seems to be the only person who can see or … or hear him, which should make his mission easy to complete… if only he could remember the message he is supposed to deliver.
Laura’s brother has been missing for four months and she has come to believe he perished at sea. Taking refuge at her uncle’s estate, she tries to escape her grief by immersing herself in the imaginary world of fiction by penning a horrid novel. But the line between reality and make-believe becomes hard to distinguish when a handsome ghost arrives at Torrington Abbey to protect her and steals her heart in the process.
Trapped between the span of life and death, Patrick fears he will vanish forever once he remembers the news of Laura’s brother. Will they ever have a chance to be together, or is the opportunity for love lost to them forever?
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Her Muse, Lord Patrick by Jane Charles is book one in the Muse series. I thought this was a delightful story. It reminded me of the old Rex Harrison movie “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir”. Her Muse has some Gothic qualities – an old estate with a touch of mystery, and a handsome “ghost” that haunts the beautiful heroine. This was my first book by Jane Charles and it definitely won’t be my last. I can’t wait to read the next book in this series. I was given a copy of this book.
Enjoyable read, with a ghost as the hero.
This was a different story in historical romance than I usually read but I discovered a fun & charming “ghost story” with wonderful characters that I hoped for a HEA for them in the end. Lord Patrick Delaney was delivering a message to his best friend’s sister, Miss Laura Chetway; however, he was attacked & thrown in the river before his task was accomplished. He has now appeared as a ghost in front of Laura & she finally can see & hear him but he has forgotten the content of the message he was to deliver.
This story is really so much fun & after getting acquainted with one another, they find romance blooming between them. Poor Laura has not only lost her brother but now, finds herself falling in love with a ghost! What will happen? Patrick is a ghost & obviously, Laura is not! I could not turn the pages quickly enough to find out what happens with this couple. I highly recommend this entertaining, short book to all romance readers.
Such an imaginative story that was so unexpected but utterly charming! Our hero, Lord Patrick is on his way to his best friend’s house to deliver a message to his sister, Miss Chetwey. He is attacked and dumped into the river and he next appears as a ghost in a room where Laura, Miss Chetway is writing a book. The strange think though is she cannot hear him, at least at first…
But later Laura hears a voice helping her with her characters and the story! What? Oh yes, just so much fun! Soon she understands it is her brother’s best friend Patrick but he is a ghost! She soon learns he had come to give her a message from her brother, if he can remember it that is!
Delightful and yes there is certainly a romance that I could not wait to find out what happened!! Truly loved this story!
A different take on a romance, another very good, enjoyable book from the author.
There were some typos but I tend to overlook these if I’m absorbed in a story, which I was in this case.
The main characters were very likeable & I was willing for things to end happily.
It was a very charming ghost story with added twists (which the author is very good at in her books) that kept me reading until the end. Definitely a different twist on a Regency romance.