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Retro Romance Reading: ‘Romantic Encounter’ by Betty Neels
The next book in the lineup is Romantic Encounter by Betty Neels. Which is not aptly titled considering that there really isn’t any encounter in this book that I would call especially romantic.
The cover doesn’t do much for me, honestly. It’s fine. The colors are nice. But I don’t know much about these characters yet.
Romantic Encounter is the first book I’ve read by Betty Neels. It is Harlequin Romance #3249 and was published in 1993.
Here’s the blurb:
When the vicar’s daughter met the surgeon . . .
Florence Napier thought Alexander Fitzgibbon a cold, humorless man. The eminent surgeon had hired her as the new nurse for his private practice, but he didn’t seem to like her.
Nor was Florence at all sure she liked him. Still, she had to admit he was a dedicated doctor, generous with his skills and considerate toward his patients.
Slowly, Florence began to notice that many of Alexander Fitzgibbon’s actions contradicted his aloof demeanor, revealing a man who was as attractive inside as out. So it shouldn’t have been a surprise when she realized, one day, that she’d fallen in love with him.
