The Second Lady Emily (Signet Regency Romance)

Cherlynn was just a modern woman of the 20th century. A writer of Regency stories, she gains the chance for the best research of her life when she is transported back in time. To get back to her day, she must help Lady Emily to right the wrongs against her and Drew. To keep neutral feelings about Drew is difficult, especially when her treacherous heart seems to reach out to him. Another outstanding book by Allison Lane. Once again she has broken all the rules and turned out an awesome book.

First of all the heroine name is Cherlynn not Candace(what book were you people reading)? This is a story about a woman who has had alot of bad breaks, is Not beautiful nor is she very successful at her chosen profession. Who has the opportunity,at first against her will, to make right a great wrong by going back in time. While it's a shame that she wasn't accepted for how she looked or what she was in the present she has a second chance to take the "essence" of what she is and repackage it in a more desirable form. I LOVED her intellegence and the way she was able to show it off and correct all the things that went wrong. Ah, if it were only that easy. For all those who had trouble believing the evil woman of the piece, where is equality here. Woman can be just as evil as men and sometimes, unfortunately, do it better. And excuse me but this is a time travel book so what's the difference. Besides it only made the punishment all the more satisfactory. I also like the way the author wrote the last chapter to mirror the first only with a twist. It was very clever. And if I'm a little unhappy that there wasn't a little more "romance", I guess you can't have everything. Besides I have a good imagination so I can fill in the blanks. All in all I think the heroine came out looking better than the hero, but then it was her story anyway. And in the end they each got what they needed most, love and acceptance.

I was shocked to see that some people (especially the person who wrote the rewiew from May 1st, 2000) wrote such devastating reviews on one of the best romance books I have ever read. In "The second lady Emily", a modern day woman experiences a ghostly attack that transports her back to the beginning of the 19th century where she gets the chance to prevent a curse that effects her future life. She finds herself in the body of the young lady Emily who suffered a mysterious, almost fatal accident and has been involved in a star-crossed love with the hero that is bound to marry someone else. While trying to set right history, the heroine falls in love with the hero herself and he is enchanted by the new Emily. Both of them (and also the other characters) are brought to life by Mrs Lane's superb way of writing and their feelings are described very touchingly. The love between them seems to be very real - not an instant love based on faces and bodies solely but a growing love based on the personalities of the hero and the heroine. This is why I think of this book as a very successful romance. Additionally, the plot of the book is absolutely thrilling (I don't want to give away any more here). Of course, people who want to read something realistic should not buy a trime travel romance. One off the other reviewers complained that the villain in this book is too evil to be realistic. Of course that is so, but what else would be potent enough to trigger curses and dinive interaction? One suggestion to the critics: Just enjoy the story and don't think too much about missing realism or missing historical details. I enjoyed reading this book so much that I read it again immediately after I finished it the first time. Altogether, I cannot count the times anymore I have reread this book since I bought it two years ago. If you like a sweet romance with a touch of mystic and mystery in it, this will be the right book for you.

This was a tremendous romp -- and the best of the time-trave subgenre I've read. The heroine, who is *not* beautiful in her contemporary persona, is transported back to a beautiful body, in danger of her life from the (mal)practice of medicine there/then, and about to watch the man she loves as he is forced into a loveless marriage to another. As the "second" Lady Emily, she is realistic (she misses her Reeboks!), feisty, and manages not to "blow her cover" to anyone but her beloved. Fortunately she read (and tried to write) Regency romances in our time, and so had her own knowledge to draw upon; it also allows her to comment on things *we* would notice. One of my favorite parts was her explanation to her maid of the sudden change in her demeanor. The hero is grand also -- bright, questioning, believable, and good looking! Truly a fine story, and well done.

I agree with Romantic Times' review saying that Allison Lane is a "Superlative storyteller." There is a lot of emotional intensity in this story, something that we jaded romance readers long for and can never get enough of. The Second Lady Emily has a particularly sympathetic heroine and a dynamic hero as well. I highly recommend this book not just to Regency fans but to fans of time travel and fantasy, and fans of an excellent, compelling love story.