Eliza Pepper has a boring job, lives in a small apartment
in California, and
spends most of her time reading Victorian romance novels,
wishing she
was born back then. When she enters a unique antique shop
called Times
Past, to ask about an amazing Victorian gown in the
window, she receives
an offer she cannot refuse. The owners, Lancaster and
York, are the
perfect English gentlemen but they are also known as The
Repairmen.
They need Eliza to travel back to 1873 through a magical
mirror, to right a
wrong. They cannot tell her any details other than that
she will know what
to do when the time is right. They have given her three
rules - Time is short
so make it count, form no lasting attachments, and tell
nobody where you
are from. Eliza agrees, believing this is the adventure
her life has been
lacking.
In 1873 Eliza is a maid/nurse in Mr. William Brown's
household. As she
struggles with the insane workload, trying to remember to
be subservient,
and having a hard time altering her language and modern
ways, Eliza
manages to work her way into the fabric of the household.
Although William
seems nothing like Darcy, Eliza and he begin to form a
bond that is so
sweet and heartwarming. William loves the strange way in
which Eliza
speaks and behaves, and the vitality that she brings
everywhere with her.
As they grow closer, William becomes more self-confident
and strong, while
always remaining a true gentleman. Add to the mix a
judgemental
housekeeper, a despicable Uncle, some new friends, a
wonderful ball, and
a mystery mission, and the adventure is never-ending! But
what happens
when tragedy strikes, and the mission is complete? Will
Eliza be forced to
return to her own time and leave William and her heart
behind?
NOT QUITE DARCY by Terri Meeker is now on my list of
favourite books
ever! The storyline has hilarious moments, adventure,
love, and I found
myself laughing aloud so many times I lost count. Eliza's
character is so
realistic and the way she handles situations in the past,
are exactly the way
I would imagine a modern girl would do it. William is just
so sweet and
caring, and with a little help from Eliza, his inner
strength is realised, and he
becomes even more sexy and appealing. Their tentative
relationship
gripped me from the beginning and I could not wait to see
what would
happen between them. Terri Meeker has an amazing way of
pulling the
reader into the storyline - I laughed, I cried and I
hoped, all alongside Eliza
and William.
NOT QUITE DARCY by Terri Meeker is a must-read for
everyone and is a novel that I will re-read many many
times over.
How to woo a gentleman—and weaponize dessert. Romance novel junkie Eliza Pepper always thought she was born too late, but now she really is stuck in the wrong time. Tasked with mending a tear in the timeline, she’s trying desperately to fit into 1873 London. But dang it, mucking out a fireplace while looking like the lunch lady from hell is hard. If she can just keep from setting the floor on fire and somehow resist her growing attraction to the master of the house, she’ll be fine. All she has to do is repeat her mantra: “He’s nothing like Darcy. He’s nothing like Darcy.” William Brown has always taken pride in his mastery of English decorum, but his new maid is a complete disaster, has thrown his household into chaos…and he finds her utterly captivating. Though he’s willing to endure extreme physical discomfort to keep their relationship in proper perspective, her arrival has brought out a side of him he never knew existed. And Eliza has an innocently erotic knack for coaxing that decidedly ungentlemanly facet of himself out to play… Warning: A modern girl who knows bupkis about nursing and maiding in the 19th century, a gentleman poet with a repressed wild side, and inappropriate use of a pair of pantaloons.
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