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Heidelberg Wedding
Getting engaged had seemed like a good idea. But now Sister Eugenia Smith wasn't so sure. She was fond of Humphrey, but did she love him? When surgeon Gerard Grenfell offered her the chance to work in Europe, she gladly accepted. Perhaps a break would help her think things through. But Eugenia hadn't expected to fall in love with Gerard. It all seemed pretty hopeless, though, since he was already engaged to the glamorous Miriam. Fortunately, wedding plans could be changed!
186 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1985
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Betty Neels
595 books423 followersEvelyn Jessy "Betty" Neels was born on September 15, 1910 in Devon to a family with firm roots in the civil service. She said she had a blissfully happy childhood and teenage years.(This stood her in good stead later for the tribulations to come with the Second World War). She was sent away to boarding school, and then went on to train as a nurse, gaining her SRN and SCM, that is, State Registered Nurse and State Certificate of Midwifery.
In 1939 she was called up to the Territorial Army Nursing Service, which later became the Queen Alexandra Reserves, and was sent to France with the Casualty Clearing Station. This comprised eight nursing sisters, including Betty, to 100 men! In other circumstances, she thought that might have been quite thrilling! When France was invaded in 1940, all the nursing sisters managed to escape in the charge of an army major, undertaking a lengthy and terrifying journey to Boulogne in an ambulance. They were incredibly fortunate to be put on the last hospital ship to be leaving the port of Boulogne. But Betty's war didn't end there, for she was posted to Scotland, and then on to Northern Ireland, where she met her Dutch husband. He was a seaman aboard a minesweeper, which was bombed. He survived and was sent to the south of Holland to guard the sluices. However, when they had to abandon their post, they were told to escape if they could, and along with a small number of other men, he marched into Belgium. They stole a ship and managed to get it across the Channel to Dover before being transferred to the Atlantic run on the convoys. Sadly he became ill, and that was when he was transferred to hospital in Northern Ireland, where he met Betty. They eventually married, and were blessed with a daughter. They were posted to London, but were bombed out. As with most of the population, they made the best of things.
When the war finally ended, she and her husband were repatriated to Holland. As his family had believed he had died when his ship went down, this was a very emotional homecoming. The small family lived in Holland for 13 years, and Betty resumed her nursing career there. When they decided to return to England, Betty continued her nursing and when she eventually retired she had reached the position of night superintendent.
Betty Neels began writing almost by accident. She had retired from nursing, but her inquiring mind had no intention of vegetating, and her new career was born when she heard a lady in her local library bemoaning the lack of good romance novels. There was little in Betty's background to suggest that she might eventually become a much-loved novelist.
Her first book, Sister Peters in Amsterdam, was published in 1969, and by dint of often writing four books a year, she eventually completed 134 books. She was always quite firm upon the point that the Dutch doctors who frequently appeared in her stories were *not* based upon her husband, but rather upon an amalgam of several of the doctors she met while nursing in Holland.
To her millions of fans around the world, Betty Neels epitomized romance. She was always amazed and touched that her books were so widely appreciated. She never sought plaudits and remained a very private person, but it made her very happy to know that she brought such pleasure to so many readers, while herself gaining a quiet joy from spinning her stories. It is perhaps a reflection of her upbringing in an earlier time that the men and women who peopled her stories have a kindliness and good manners, coupled to honesty and integrity, that is not always present in our modern world. Her myriad of fans found a warmth and a reassurance of a better world in her stories, along with characters who touched the heart, which is all and more than one could ask of a romance writer. She received a great deal of fan mail, and there was always a comment upon the fascinating places she visited in her stories. Quite often those of her fans fortunate enough to visit Ho
In 1939 she was called up to the Territorial Army Nursing Service, which later became the Queen Alexandra Reserves, and was sent to France with the Casualty Clearing Station. This comprised eight nursing sisters, including Betty, to 100 men! In other circumstances, she thought that might have been quite thrilling! When France was invaded in 1940, all the nursing sisters managed to escape in the charge of an army major, undertaking a lengthy and terrifying journey to Boulogne in an ambulance. They were incredibly fortunate to be put on the last hospital ship to be leaving the port of Boulogne. But Betty's war didn't end there, for she was posted to Scotland, and then on to Northern Ireland, where she met her Dutch husband. He was a seaman aboard a minesweeper, which was bombed. He survived and was sent to the south of Holland to guard the sluices. However, when they had to abandon their post, they were told to escape if they could, and along with a small number of other men, he marched into Belgium. They stole a ship and managed to get it across the Channel to Dover before being transferred to the Atlantic run on the convoys. Sadly he became ill, and that was when he was transferred to hospital in Northern Ireland, where he met Betty. They eventually married, and were blessed with a daughter. They were posted to London, but were bombed out. As with most of the population, they made the best of things.
When the war finally ended, she and her husband were repatriated to Holland. As his family had believed he had died when his ship went down, this was a very emotional homecoming. The small family lived in Holland for 13 years, and Betty resumed her nursing career there. When they decided to return to England, Betty continued her nursing and when she eventually retired she had reached the position of night superintendent.
Betty Neels began writing almost by accident. She had retired from nursing, but her inquiring mind had no intention of vegetating, and her new career was born when she heard a lady in her local library bemoaning the lack of good romance novels. There was little in Betty's background to suggest that she might eventually become a much-loved novelist.
Her first book, Sister Peters in Amsterdam, was published in 1969, and by dint of often writing four books a year, she eventually completed 134 books. She was always quite firm upon the point that the Dutch doctors who frequently appeared in her stories were *not* based upon her husband, but rather upon an amalgam of several of the doctors she met while nursing in Holland.
To her millions of fans around the world, Betty Neels epitomized romance. She was always amazed and touched that her books were so widely appreciated. She never sought plaudits and remained a very private person, but it made her very happy to know that she brought such pleasure to so many readers, while herself gaining a quiet joy from spinning her stories. It is perhaps a reflection of her upbringing in an earlier time that the men and women who peopled her stories have a kindliness and good manners, coupled to honesty and integrity, that is not always present in our modern world. Her myriad of fans found a warmth and a reassurance of a better world in her stories, along with characters who touched the heart, which is all and more than one could ask of a romance writer. She received a great deal of fan mail, and there was always a comment upon the fascinating places she visited in her stories. Quite often those of her fans fortunate enough to visit Ho
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July 5, 2017
Sister Eugenia Smith has worked with Gerard Grenfell on the women’s surgical ward/chest unit for several years. They are both engaged and TGB wants us to think there is nothing between them other than mild friendship due to a co-worker. Balderdash, I say. Eugenia may be very careful to think of Mr. Grenfell strictly in a professional sense, which is in itself a sign of an underlying attraction. And with the fiancé she has, she is entitled to be attracted to someone else.
Humphrey Parsons is a prig. He won’t marry Eugenia until they have enough money to fully furnish a house to the last teaspoon; he thinks his career is more important than Eugenia (and so does his mother); he sulks (at age 30!) when he doesn’t get his way; and he is overly attached to his mother. He is “solidly middle class” (which I’m certain isn’t the approbation that it is in the US) and thinks all the furniture should match (definitely an 80s thing). But far, far worse than any of that is when he tells Eugenia she’s fat and prepares a diet for her! Truly, I have no words for how egregious that is. I would be more than happy to help Eugenia dispose of the body in the same way that Gerard disposes of the diet. Which by the way, is when I fell in love with Gerard and Eugenia should have as well.
Two chapters in, there are some real gems. How about this one? Gerard has just asked Eugenia to go with him to Portugal to treat/operate on the wife of a diplomat. Predictably, Humphrey reacts badly (“what’s so special about you?”). Eugenia responds, “After all, I’m going on a nursing job, not a weekend at Brighton.” You go, girl.
It is on the trip to the Algarve that Eugenia first begins to see Gerard as a man and not a doctor. Most of the time is taken up with work but on their one free day, Gerard takes her driving around to see some of the sights. Later, just before leaving, he takes her to see some sea caves; they discover a boy who has been injured and they rescue him and bring him back to the hospital.
Once back in England, Eugenia now soothes Hidebound Humphrey’s offended sensibilities, as well as his mother’s. Shortly after their return, their now-recovered patient sends Eugenia a thank-you check, a sizeable sum, apparently. Gerard advises her to spend it all on clothes, remarking that Miriam had spent that amount on a pair of shoes (which makes me nervous – I think I have more in common with Veronicas than Olivias!) Eugenia also solicits her father’s advice, which mirrors Gerard’s. So, Eugenia buys a gorgeous, daring dress and strappy satin sandals for the Spring Ball, as well as a pale blue jacket & skirt outfit and high-heeled court shoes. Good show, Eugenia.
Predictably, HH is greatly offended by the amount of bosom Eugenia is showing; they have a row and Eugenia spends the ball dancing with Gerard and other men. Gerard pointedly admires the, ahem, view afforded by the dress, as does various other male members of the hospital staff. She forgets about Humphrey and enjoys herself.
Next day, however, she tries to smooth things over with HH, who, once again, commits the unforgiveable sin of telling her she is too fat and too old to wear such a dress. (Like seriously, girl, how did you manage to not kill him?)
There is way too much of HH in this book and Eugenia goes on far too long trying to sooth his temper. It’s all about how Humphrey feels, what Humphrey likes, what Humphrey wants, how hard Humphrey works, ad nauseum. And then the real kicker: Mrs. Parsons drops the tidbit that she intends selling her house and living with them after they get married. Even Uncomplaining Eugenia has a hard time swallowing that. Her father advises her to forget about it for the time being, since no wedding date has been set; her sister Becky has the right idea – she urges Eugenia to not marry Humphrey.
Gerard takes advantage of every opportunity to get closer to Eugenia. It’s obvious to the reader by now that he is in love with her. He once tells her to remember that he has “unbounded patience.” He befriends Mr. Smith and the twins; takes her and the twins to see his home in Chelsea; takes Eugenia for quick meals when they’ve worked late; and even takes her on a moonlit drive into Essex to his cottage and gives her an armful of lilac branches.
Eugenia arranges to meet Humphrey in hopes of really talking to him. At the café, over beans on toast with an egg and a pot of tea, Eugenia tries to talk Humphrey into setting a wedding date. No go. She then proposes a weekend away together. (Gasp! Yes, she suggests they go to Brighton!) Humphrey is shocked, shocked, I say! He doesn’t agree with “pre-marital relationships.” Eugenia admits to being a little shocked herself, but says she hopes it might stir things up a bit.
Humphrey tells Eugenia several times that she needs a holiday. Fortuitously, Gerard asks Eugenia to take a week’s leave and spend it at his cottage with his housekeeper, Mrs. Pringle, who is recovering from bronchitis. Nothing much happens during the week, but it reminds Eugenia how much she loves the country.
Things continue to rock on much the same until Gerard asks Eugenia to accompany him to Heidelberg for a surgical consultation – coincidentally, on the weekend that HH and Eugenia spend with his mother. While they are talking, Eugenia has her DR. She still is uncertain what to do – break up with Humphrey? Go ahead and marry Humphrey while Gerard marries Miriam and “four people would be unhappy for the rest of their lives”?
Still, Humphrey has to be told about the weekend and predictably, he throws a hissy fit and calls her selfish. For Eugenia, that is the last straw (really? Being called fat, being criticized constantly, having to soothe his temper, it takes being called selfish? Whatever.) Thank goodness we can dispense with Harumphing Hidebound Humphrey and his mother.
So, to Heidelberg to their patient with lung cancer. Mr. Grenfell operates and Herr Sauer is recovering. As soon as Eugenia can leave him for some off duty, Gerard takes her to Heidelberg Castle. In the castle’s chapel, Gerard makes some pointed remarks about how anyone can get married there for a fee of £150. He tells Eugenia he has decided to get married there, then remarks that he has taken a page from her book and broken up with Miriam. When they get back to the Sauer home, Gerard kisses Eugenia, quite a thorough kiss, and Eugenia puts her arms round his neck and kisses him back.
The day after next, in the afternoon, he tells her he is taking her for a drive. She notices that Frau Sauer, her son and the Reverend Mr. Pitt, a local Church of England clergyman are following in a separate car and thinks it is strange. They go back to the castle. They are alone on a staircase; Eugenia looks at him and sees the look on his face. Gerard makes his Declaration – and a lovely one it is, too. He says that he isn’t young anymore, is bad-tempered and impatient, but thinks they could be happy together and promises to be a “good husband and doting father.”
Eugenia replies that she thinks he is the “most wonderful man on this earth.” Then he tells here they are at the castle to get married and that he has roses waiting for her.
TGB was apparently a fan of short – very short! – engagements. This one lasted all of about 3 minutes. This is really a lovely book. I thoroughly enjoyed it. TGB did such a wonderful job of painting Gerard’s character, from his habit of jingling the coins in his pocket to reading “the latest thriller” on the plane. My only complaint is that Eugenia hung on to Harumphing Hidebound Humphrey far too long, but I can forgive her for it. Loyalty is an admirable quality; besides, she had invested 2 years already in the relationship and one can understand that she would be reluctant to give up on it. This may make my top 10 – certainly my top 25.
Humphrey Parsons is a prig. He won’t marry Eugenia until they have enough money to fully furnish a house to the last teaspoon; he thinks his career is more important than Eugenia (and so does his mother); he sulks (at age 30!) when he doesn’t get his way; and he is overly attached to his mother. He is “solidly middle class” (which I’m certain isn’t the approbation that it is in the US) and thinks all the furniture should match (definitely an 80s thing). But far, far worse than any of that is when he tells Eugenia she’s fat and prepares a diet for her! Truly, I have no words for how egregious that is. I would be more than happy to help Eugenia dispose of the body in the same way that Gerard disposes of the diet. Which by the way, is when I fell in love with Gerard and Eugenia should have as well.
Two chapters in, there are some real gems. How about this one? Gerard has just asked Eugenia to go with him to Portugal to treat/operate on the wife of a diplomat. Predictably, Humphrey reacts badly (“what’s so special about you?”). Eugenia responds, “After all, I’m going on a nursing job, not a weekend at Brighton.” You go, girl.
It is on the trip to the Algarve that Eugenia first begins to see Gerard as a man and not a doctor. Most of the time is taken up with work but on their one free day, Gerard takes her driving around to see some of the sights. Later, just before leaving, he takes her to see some sea caves; they discover a boy who has been injured and they rescue him and bring him back to the hospital.
Once back in England, Eugenia now soothes Hidebound Humphrey’s offended sensibilities, as well as his mother’s. Shortly after their return, their now-recovered patient sends Eugenia a thank-you check, a sizeable sum, apparently. Gerard advises her to spend it all on clothes, remarking that Miriam had spent that amount on a pair of shoes (which makes me nervous – I think I have more in common with Veronicas than Olivias!) Eugenia also solicits her father’s advice, which mirrors Gerard’s. So, Eugenia buys a gorgeous, daring dress and strappy satin sandals for the Spring Ball, as well as a pale blue jacket & skirt outfit and high-heeled court shoes. Good show, Eugenia.
Predictably, HH is greatly offended by the amount of bosom Eugenia is showing; they have a row and Eugenia spends the ball dancing with Gerard and other men. Gerard pointedly admires the, ahem, view afforded by the dress, as does various other male members of the hospital staff. She forgets about Humphrey and enjoys herself.
Next day, however, she tries to smooth things over with HH, who, once again, commits the unforgiveable sin of telling her she is too fat and too old to wear such a dress. (Like seriously, girl, how did you manage to not kill him?)
There is way too much of HH in this book and Eugenia goes on far too long trying to sooth his temper. It’s all about how Humphrey feels, what Humphrey likes, what Humphrey wants, how hard Humphrey works, ad nauseum. And then the real kicker: Mrs. Parsons drops the tidbit that she intends selling her house and living with them after they get married. Even Uncomplaining Eugenia has a hard time swallowing that. Her father advises her to forget about it for the time being, since no wedding date has been set; her sister Becky has the right idea – she urges Eugenia to not marry Humphrey.
Gerard takes advantage of every opportunity to get closer to Eugenia. It’s obvious to the reader by now that he is in love with her. He once tells her to remember that he has “unbounded patience.” He befriends Mr. Smith and the twins; takes her and the twins to see his home in Chelsea; takes Eugenia for quick meals when they’ve worked late; and even takes her on a moonlit drive into Essex to his cottage and gives her an armful of lilac branches.
Eugenia arranges to meet Humphrey in hopes of really talking to him. At the café, over beans on toast with an egg and a pot of tea, Eugenia tries to talk Humphrey into setting a wedding date. No go. She then proposes a weekend away together. (Gasp! Yes, she suggests they go to Brighton!) Humphrey is shocked, shocked, I say! He doesn’t agree with “pre-marital relationships.” Eugenia admits to being a little shocked herself, but says she hopes it might stir things up a bit.
Humphrey tells Eugenia several times that she needs a holiday. Fortuitously, Gerard asks Eugenia to take a week’s leave and spend it at his cottage with his housekeeper, Mrs. Pringle, who is recovering from bronchitis. Nothing much happens during the week, but it reminds Eugenia how much she loves the country.
Things continue to rock on much the same until Gerard asks Eugenia to accompany him to Heidelberg for a surgical consultation – coincidentally, on the weekend that HH and Eugenia spend with his mother. While they are talking, Eugenia has her DR. She still is uncertain what to do – break up with Humphrey? Go ahead and marry Humphrey while Gerard marries Miriam and “four people would be unhappy for the rest of their lives”?
Still, Humphrey has to be told about the weekend and predictably, he throws a hissy fit and calls her selfish. For Eugenia, that is the last straw (really? Being called fat, being criticized constantly, having to soothe his temper, it takes being called selfish? Whatever.) Thank goodness we can dispense with Harumphing Hidebound Humphrey and his mother.
So, to Heidelberg to their patient with lung cancer. Mr. Grenfell operates and Herr Sauer is recovering. As soon as Eugenia can leave him for some off duty, Gerard takes her to Heidelberg Castle. In the castle’s chapel, Gerard makes some pointed remarks about how anyone can get married there for a fee of £150. He tells Eugenia he has decided to get married there, then remarks that he has taken a page from her book and broken up with Miriam. When they get back to the Sauer home, Gerard kisses Eugenia, quite a thorough kiss, and Eugenia puts her arms round his neck and kisses him back.
The day after next, in the afternoon, he tells her he is taking her for a drive. She notices that Frau Sauer, her son and the Reverend Mr. Pitt, a local Church of England clergyman are following in a separate car and thinks it is strange. They go back to the castle. They are alone on a staircase; Eugenia looks at him and sees the look on his face. Gerard makes his Declaration – and a lovely one it is, too. He says that he isn’t young anymore, is bad-tempered and impatient, but thinks they could be happy together and promises to be a “good husband and doting father.”
Eugenia replies that she thinks he is the “most wonderful man on this earth.” Then he tells here they are at the castle to get married and that he has roses waiting for her.
TGB was apparently a fan of short – very short! – engagements. This one lasted all of about 3 minutes. This is really a lovely book. I thoroughly enjoyed it. TGB did such a wonderful job of painting Gerard’s character, from his habit of jingling the coins in his pocket to reading “the latest thriller” on the plane. My only complaint is that Eugenia hung on to Harumphing Hidebound Humphrey far too long, but I can forgive her for it. Loyalty is an admirable quality; besides, she had invested 2 years already in the relationship and one can understand that she would be reluctant to give up on it. This may make my top 10 – certainly my top 25.
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April 15, 2021
This falls into the "oh Betty what were you thinking" category. It's well written and the secondary characters are delightful. They help reinforce the story and move things along nicely. I also thought Betty did a great job with the hero. He was complex, interesting, yet kind, generous, and compassionate. Unlike the bore she was engaged to - Humphrey. I don't care for books where the heroine spends more time with the OM, in this case her fiancé, rather than the hero. Especially, a man as bad as Humphrey. He really was a first-class jerk. I couldn't understand why she would spend three years of her life with that sorry excuse for a human being. Clearly, she was in love with love, not Humphrey. No sane woman would be. I would have much preferred if her infatuation with Humphrey was cut short, like say after the first chapter. Instead, I had to put up with him and his mother for almost 90% of the book...
Sorry Betty, no can do here.
Sorry Betty, no can do here.
April 24, 2026
Good fun! Though the wedding was a bit of a fait accompli. 😂 Hateful Humphrey hung on way too long. He was odious! I hated that he never listened to Eugenia or gave her expertise as a nurse any credit. He was self absorbed and his mother was horrible too. I’m so glad she gave him the heave-ho. Loved how competent a nurse Eugenia is and the intervals in Portugal and Germany are lovely, as was the cottage. (Though whatever happened to the rhubarb?) Eugenia’s father and younger twin siblings were excellent too. I needed more of them and more scrambled egg dinners with Mr Grenfell. Also a dog named Muffin. 😂
December 19, 2016
This was my TBR Challenge read for July 2013, and here is what I had to say about it:
I’m away at RWA Nationals this week, but before I got there, I did get my TBR Challenge book read for the month. This month we’re reading a romance classic, whether that be a classic book, author, trope, what have you. Betty Neels’ 1984 Heidelberg Wedding was my pick because Neels is certainly one of the classics. Her books from Harlequin stand out not only because she took certain plot points and made them her own, but also because she has an idiosyncratic voice. I find her writing hit or miss, but this particular story was a very fun read and I’d probably give it a solid B.
Anyone familiar with Neels will guess that this book is a medical romance with some kind of tie-in to the Netherlands – and you’d be half right. Eugenia Smith serves as Ward Sister in a London Hospital, which Gerard Grenfell is shown very obviously as a top surgeon there (that’s right – no Dutch hero this time!). Even though our hero is not a Dutchman for once, he is still described as having “lint-fair hair,” a description I’ve encountered in several Neels novels even if I’ve never seen it anywhere else. And it works. I wouldn’t normally think of looking like lint as a positive, but Neels makes it seem like a good thing.
We learn early on that Eugenia is tall, with a very curvy figure. In fact, she’s described in various places as “generously built” or “a hefty girl.” And where we have a sturdy heroine, there’s bound to be a willowy stick of a woman contending for the hero’s affections. True to form, Neels has Gerard engaged to an elegant willowy blonde at the beginning of the story. Not to be left out, Eugenia is engaged as well. The object of her affections, Humphrey Parsons, is a registrar at the hospital and I have to say it’s been years since I’ve come across a bigger stick-in-the-mud in fiction.
This is a partial review. You can find the complete text at All About Romance: http://allaboutromance.com/tbr-challe...
I’m away at RWA Nationals this week, but before I got there, I did get my TBR Challenge book read for the month. This month we’re reading a romance classic, whether that be a classic book, author, trope, what have you. Betty Neels’ 1984 Heidelberg Wedding was my pick because Neels is certainly one of the classics. Her books from Harlequin stand out not only because she took certain plot points and made them her own, but also because she has an idiosyncratic voice. I find her writing hit or miss, but this particular story was a very fun read and I’d probably give it a solid B.
Anyone familiar with Neels will guess that this book is a medical romance with some kind of tie-in to the Netherlands – and you’d be half right. Eugenia Smith serves as Ward Sister in a London Hospital, which Gerard Grenfell is shown very obviously as a top surgeon there (that’s right – no Dutch hero this time!). Even though our hero is not a Dutchman for once, he is still described as having “lint-fair hair,” a description I’ve encountered in several Neels novels even if I’ve never seen it anywhere else. And it works. I wouldn’t normally think of looking like lint as a positive, but Neels makes it seem like a good thing.
We learn early on that Eugenia is tall, with a very curvy figure. In fact, she’s described in various places as “generously built” or “a hefty girl.” And where we have a sturdy heroine, there’s bound to be a willowy stick of a woman contending for the hero’s affections. True to form, Neels has Gerard engaged to an elegant willowy blonde at the beginning of the story. Not to be left out, Eugenia is engaged as well. The object of her affections, Humphrey Parsons, is a registrar at the hospital and I have to say it’s been years since I’ve come across a bigger stick-in-the-mud in fiction.
This is a partial review. You can find the complete text at All About Romance: http://allaboutromance.com/tbr-challe...
July 2, 2017
This is a fun, clean romance novel in which our MC's are engaged to other people. Their work, in a hospital, throws them together a lot, and at one point they travel to Portugal to take a case together. There they develop a bit of a friendship, which continues when the Dr. contrives to meet and ingratiate himself with the heroine's family.
Unlike some Neels books, the hero is pleasant and likable, treating the heroine with kindness and care. She is a smart, self-possessed young woman who knows her mind. I found myself chuckling as she held her temper with her rather clueless boyfriend, and enjoyed anticipating when and how she would finally throw him over.
Perhaps this book just fit my mood, but I think it's one of Neels better efforts.
Unlike some Neels books, the hero is pleasant and likable, treating the heroine with kindness and care. She is a smart, self-possessed young woman who knows her mind. I found myself chuckling as she held her temper with her rather clueless boyfriend, and enjoyed anticipating when and how she would finally throw him over.
Perhaps this book just fit my mood, but I think it's one of Neels better efforts.
December 18, 2020
I think Betty Neels strength isn't in romance. It barely there, the main characters hardly talk, and the men are always super forceful. Can't forget the insta-love either.
But her descriptions of countries and places, especially when the main characters travel are amazing. If she had written a book about someone travelling to different countries and exploring them/ meeting people there, without it being some kind of half-baked insta-romance, I would probably love it so much more.
But her descriptions of countries and places, especially when the main characters travel are amazing. If she had written a book about someone travelling to different countries and exploring them/ meeting people there, without it being some kind of half-baked insta-romance, I would probably love it so much more.
August 25, 2022
This was a nice little story and I really liked how dedicated the hero and heroine were to their professions. Eugenia the heroine is a nurse and engaged to a junior doctor Humphrey(OM). He has this vague concept of completely settling his life with a house, furniture, kitchen utensils anything and everything before he marries Eugenia hence he leads a meagre life and stops Eugenia from buying even a single dress. Poor Eugenia abides by him and listens to him all the while though sometimes questions him. Comes hero Gerard the surgeon for whom she works,he is engaged to a model. Eugenia slowly realizes how wrong she is in getting engaged to Humphrey ,his mother is eager to settle down with them and expects Eugenia to cook for her.Finqlky Eugenia has enough and breaks her engagement. Gerard who is in Love with her waits for the right time and meanwhile Eugenia realizes its Gerard whom she loves and not Humphrey. All ends well as Gerard proposes to Eugenia and they get married in Heidelberg.
December 24, 2025
2 stars. the lowest rating I ever gave a betty book, not because it is bad, but because you are either going to love it or hate it, and I hated it. I just couldn't cope with the fact that she Having said all of that, I didn't actually dislike the h. there was much to like about her, but that huge one thing made her seem utterly stupid.
so anyway, I prefer my heroines to fall first and be pining for my heroes, this I usually struggle with the betty books where the h is engaged to the OM at the start, especially if the engagement doesn't end soon. usually betty does a great job of balancing stuff out and I have enjoyed plenty of those OM tales despite my dislike of that trope, but this book was too much of a let down and thus a huge huge frustration. I didn't really feel the romance, not even during the H's declaration at the end. the "i must have loved you all along but didnt know it" justcrang untrue. other betty heroes have played the patience game, waiting for the h to fall for them while they spent time with her, but this time the romancing was too subtle and barely there. a couple of trips abroad for work reasons with her and sending her away in holiday for a week so she can enjoy the bliss of the countryside but without him does not constitute romancing the heroine in my book.
so anyway, Ward sister Eugenia (26) is a gorgeous nurse engaged for 18 months to doctor Humphrey who takes her for granted and tries to control her and controls all her spending, insisting they can't wed until they've saved up to buy everything appliances etc he will want for comfort and security in their future home. she isn't allowed to spend a penny in herself. no new clothes ever. meanwhile he belittles her work and makes out like she is lazy all day and constantly talks her ears off about his own work and how brilliant he thinks he is. he takes her only on cheap or freebie dates and secretly plans to move his nasty little "poor me, I'm such a martyr" of a mother in with them after they marry without telling eugenia. he says they can't marry for at least another 2 years. and yet eugenia is always running after him, doing what he wants, thinking of him, loving him, ignoring it when he does or says things she finds really selfish or unkind, when he says she is fat and should look like the H's stick thin fiance and gives Eugenia a diet sheet, she even agrees to follow his diet of apples and salad and starve herself. luckily H Gerard sees the sheet and tears it up and tells her to tell Humphrey that he did so.
anyway, she has worked with Gerard for several years but neither has noticed the other except for as colleagues. Gerard is also engaged, in his case to a clothes horse of a skinny fiancee who he has nothing in common with and who doesn't care for his work or his interests.
one day, Gerard and his fiancée happen to be at the same restaurant as Eugenia and her fiancé and Gérard notices her there. dancing with the boring dancer Humphrey. she notices Gérard too who is a good dancer. the next day l, at the hospital, gerard asks her about her date.
from that point he seems to take a more personal interest in her, even somehow befriending her family and fitting right it.
SPOILERS
I usually wrote a plot description to remind myself of these books, but I can't be bothered with this one. suffice to say that Gérard figures out that he fancies her and then takes her away to the algarve for being nurse while he does a complex operation. they spend a day together on the coast where he lives seeing her be so carefree and stuff he says makes us realise he's fallen for her.
he then proceed to offer her an ear about any troubles she has, asks about her relationship sometimes and she ends up confiding about some of her dissatisfaction with humphrey. Gérard spends time with her when he can as casually as possible, eg taking her and her teenage siblings to see some puppies his dog had at his country house. he also hints about time he is spending with his fiance to test if she is jealous. she is completely oblivious.
it's only near the very end that she suddenly realises she loves Gérard and thus can't marry humphrey. how lacking in self awareness can you be woman? i really ws scored and frustrated with all that and was shocked to find it was 80% and she was still dangling after the awful Henry. ugh. then Gérard takes her for another work trip to heidelberg and shows her a little Chapel where people get married on the spur of the moment. After their work there is done, one their last day, he takes her along to the Chapel with witnesses and the cleric and everything, and only when they are there does he say that they are there to get married. just like everything else, she goes along with it. how utterly underwhelming it all was. ugh. Gérard deserved better. also, he damn well should have romance her more instead of standing back and just waiting like a limp dishrag. not very romantic. maybe he didn't deserve better after all.
OVERALL
utterly frustrating and the h takes way too long to dump the OM. I don't want a romance where she's with the OM for the while novel and the H is just hanging around in the background. what a let down. however, we'll written and interesting enough to be page turning like most of Betty's books are..didn't have to skim any bits. thus 2 stars. too bad the whole OM dragging on left a bad taste. no emotional satisfaction after this one. just grinding my teeth with ugh ness.
so anyway, I prefer my heroines to fall first and be pining for my heroes, this I usually struggle with the betty books where the h is engaged to the OM at the start, especially if the engagement doesn't end soon. usually betty does a great job of balancing stuff out and I have enjoyed plenty of those OM tales despite my dislike of that trope, but this book was too much of a let down and thus a huge huge frustration. I didn't really feel the romance, not even during the H's declaration at the end. the "i must have loved you all along but didnt know it" justcrang untrue. other betty heroes have played the patience game, waiting for the h to fall for them while they spent time with her, but this time the romancing was too subtle and barely there. a couple of trips abroad for work reasons with her and sending her away in holiday for a week so she can enjoy the bliss of the countryside but without him does not constitute romancing the heroine in my book.
so anyway, Ward sister Eugenia (26) is a gorgeous nurse engaged for 18 months to doctor Humphrey who takes her for granted and tries to control her and controls all her spending, insisting they can't wed until they've saved up to buy everything appliances etc he will want for comfort and security in their future home. she isn't allowed to spend a penny in herself. no new clothes ever. meanwhile he belittles her work and makes out like she is lazy all day and constantly talks her ears off about his own work and how brilliant he thinks he is. he takes her only on cheap or freebie dates and secretly plans to move his nasty little "poor me, I'm such a martyr" of a mother in with them after they marry without telling eugenia. he says they can't marry for at least another 2 years. and yet eugenia is always running after him, doing what he wants, thinking of him, loving him, ignoring it when he does or says things she finds really selfish or unkind, when he says she is fat and should look like the H's stick thin fiance and gives Eugenia a diet sheet, she even agrees to follow his diet of apples and salad and starve herself. luckily H Gerard sees the sheet and tears it up and tells her to tell Humphrey that he did so.
anyway, she has worked with Gerard for several years but neither has noticed the other except for as colleagues. Gerard is also engaged, in his case to a clothes horse of a skinny fiancee who he has nothing in common with and who doesn't care for his work or his interests.
one day, Gerard and his fiancée happen to be at the same restaurant as Eugenia and her fiancé and Gérard notices her there. dancing with the boring dancer Humphrey. she notices Gérard too who is a good dancer. the next day l, at the hospital, gerard asks her about her date.
from that point he seems to take a more personal interest in her, even somehow befriending her family and fitting right it.
SPOILERS
I usually wrote a plot description to remind myself of these books, but I can't be bothered with this one. suffice to say that Gérard figures out that he fancies her and then takes her away to the algarve for being nurse while he does a complex operation. they spend a day together on the coast where he lives seeing her be so carefree and stuff he says makes us realise he's fallen for her.
he then proceed to offer her an ear about any troubles she has, asks about her relationship sometimes and she ends up confiding about some of her dissatisfaction with humphrey. Gérard spends time with her when he can as casually as possible, eg taking her and her teenage siblings to see some puppies his dog had at his country house. he also hints about time he is spending with his fiance to test if she is jealous. she is completely oblivious.
it's only near the very end that she suddenly realises she loves Gérard and thus can't marry humphrey. how lacking in self awareness can you be woman? i really ws scored and frustrated with all that and was shocked to find it was 80% and she was still dangling after the awful Henry. ugh. then Gérard takes her for another work trip to heidelberg and shows her a little Chapel where people get married on the spur of the moment. After their work there is done, one their last day, he takes her along to the Chapel with witnesses and the cleric and everything, and only when they are there does he say that they are there to get married. just like everything else, she goes along with it. how utterly underwhelming it all was. ugh. Gérard deserved better. also, he damn well should have romance her more instead of standing back and just waiting like a limp dishrag. not very romantic. maybe he didn't deserve better after all.
OVERALL
utterly frustrating and the h takes way too long to dump the OM. I don't want a romance where she's with the OM for the while novel and the H is just hanging around in the background. what a let down. however, we'll written and interesting enough to be page turning like most of Betty's books are..didn't have to skim any bits. thus 2 stars. too bad the whole OM dragging on left a bad taste. no emotional satisfaction after this one. just grinding my teeth with ugh ness.
May 30, 2010
Ah, the lovely consistency of Betty Neels. Take one British Nurse (this is one of the tall, beautiful ones), one older, very rich doctor (this one is a surgeon and British, not Dutch); throw in fiances (her's is a dull prig, his is fashionable snob). Stir in various foreign jaunts, some misunderstandings==et voila! A perfectly frothy little romance.
Culminating, as the title says, with a wedding in a castle chapel in Heidelburg. Sigh.
Our two main characters are nicely fleshed out, as is her family and the priggish fiance. His fiancee is a name (I think we actually see her only once) and really just a plot device.
This is not a top of the line Neels outing--but fans won't mind.
Culminating, as the title says, with a wedding in a castle chapel in Heidelburg. Sigh.
Our two main characters are nicely fleshed out, as is her family and the priggish fiance. His fiancee is a name (I think we actually see her only once) and really just a plot device.
This is not a top of the line Neels outing--but fans won't mind.
August 10, 2013
Very nice. I liked how the characters were slightly more equal than they usually are in Betty's books.
March 5, 2014
This one dragged on a bit... but still good.
January 8, 2015
I liked this rather more than some others I have read in recent years. Still the same plot, although he wasn't Dutch and she wasn't poor.
December 14, 2014
This is one of my favorite Betty Neels stories. I have read it al least four times. And no doubt I will again.
August 19, 2011
Lovely relaxing read
February 17, 2018
4 solid stars! The book title is spoilerish by the way! Haha! Copyright 1984.
I truly enjoy this doctor and Junoesque nurse heroine trope! There's much ado about her figure/size!
Sister Eugenia Smith was engaged to the mama's boy Dr Humphrey Parsons for the past 18 months. They were still not married because Humphrey wanted to save up enough to furnish their house completely before even setting a wedding date. Later we'd find out together with Eugenia that Humphrey's widowed mother had intentions to move in with them, horror of horrors!
Consultant Mr Gerard Grenfell was engaged to model-thin Miriam. We never got to 'meet' her live though she'd be at certain scene (s). I find that sometimes Betty Neels can be misogynistic when describing the Other Woman...the words used are actually quite vicious or catty like how women became fashion police and judge other women harshly. Here we get from nurse Hatty that Miriam was an aloof lady because at a hospital function she spoke to no one...We were also indirectly told she disliked the country seeing how Gerard / Mr Grenfell hardly ever went to his country cottage to stay anymore after his engagement.
There are many romantic moments in this but the most awwww scene was when he drove Eugenia down to this cottage late one night to pluck her fresh lilacs from his garden! *Le sigh* 😍😍😍
Though Eugenia and Gerard had been working together for more than three years, they had always been professional and never even thought of each other beyond work. It was funny how even nurse Hatty was wondering how these two so well-matched people did not have sparks at all for so long! Must be Mr Grenfell's ability to poker up and put on his cool face and attitude in the ward.
Throughout the book almost fromthe start, Gerard would say seemingly cryptic things like finding heaven or what he wants...and May being better than April. We knew he was already falling for her! I love how in this story the two of them had so much time together. Not that they were together 24/7 but they definitely saw each other enough, be it in the ward doing rounds, everywhere in the hospital compound and those trips to Algarve and Heidelberg!
Their feelings definitely had time to develop and Gerard's breaking of the engagement was definitely done without fuss unlike Eugenia's! ! It took her long enough to come to her senses. When the twin siblings whooped with joy I wanted to whoop too LOL. I love how Gerard interacted with the Smiths, which was in sharp contrast with the Parsonses with Eugenia. Even the aunt and uncle were unpleasant. ..And we were told Humphrey did not care for her family at all. Plus Humphrey did not respect the good work Eugenia did as a nurse...how could he be a good doctor if he looked down upon nurses who support him?! Good riddance!
SPOILERS
I wish the surprise wedding in Heidelberg was erm better planned...I know it was so romantic and on the spur of the moment but I really wish for a great big white church wedding for my heroine! So far I can only remember one BN heroine who got to wear a proper white wedding gown to marry in church! Eugenia didn't even get a sapphire engagement ring! Gerard proposed just before they marched down the aisle together? ! I need to reread this because it was 4am when I read this part...I made the mistake of starting this book before midnight. ..so 'wise'...
If the wedding had been done better like with her and his family invited I'd give this 5* for sure.
I truly enjoy this doctor and Junoesque nurse heroine trope! There's much ado about her figure/size!
Sister Eugenia Smith was engaged to the mama's boy Dr Humphrey Parsons for the past 18 months. They were still not married because Humphrey wanted to save up enough to furnish their house completely before even setting a wedding date. Later we'd find out together with Eugenia that Humphrey's widowed mother had intentions to move in with them, horror of horrors!
Consultant Mr Gerard Grenfell was engaged to model-thin Miriam. We never got to 'meet' her live though she'd be at certain scene (s). I find that sometimes Betty Neels can be misogynistic when describing the Other Woman...the words used are actually quite vicious or catty like how women became fashion police and judge other women harshly. Here we get from nurse Hatty that Miriam was an aloof lady because at a hospital function she spoke to no one...We were also indirectly told she disliked the country seeing how Gerard / Mr Grenfell hardly ever went to his country cottage to stay anymore after his engagement.
There are many romantic moments in this but the most awwww scene was when he drove Eugenia down to this cottage late one night to pluck her fresh lilacs from his garden! *Le sigh* 😍😍😍
Though Eugenia and Gerard had been working together for more than three years, they had always been professional and never even thought of each other beyond work. It was funny how even nurse Hatty was wondering how these two so well-matched people did not have sparks at all for so long! Must be Mr Grenfell's ability to poker up and put on his cool face and attitude in the ward.
Throughout the book almost fromthe start, Gerard would say seemingly cryptic things like finding heaven or what he wants...and May being better than April. We knew he was already falling for her! I love how in this story the two of them had so much time together. Not that they were together 24/7 but they definitely saw each other enough, be it in the ward doing rounds, everywhere in the hospital compound and those trips to Algarve and Heidelberg!
Their feelings definitely had time to develop and Gerard's breaking of the engagement was definitely done without fuss unlike Eugenia's! ! It took her long enough to come to her senses. When the twin siblings whooped with joy I wanted to whoop too LOL. I love how Gerard interacted with the Smiths, which was in sharp contrast with the Parsonses with Eugenia. Even the aunt and uncle were unpleasant. ..And we were told Humphrey did not care for her family at all. Plus Humphrey did not respect the good work Eugenia did as a nurse...how could he be a good doctor if he looked down upon nurses who support him?! Good riddance!
SPOILERS
I wish the surprise wedding in Heidelberg was erm better planned...I know it was so romantic and on the spur of the moment but I really wish for a great big white church wedding for my heroine! So far I can only remember one BN heroine who got to wear a proper white wedding gown to marry in church! Eugenia didn't even get a sapphire engagement ring! Gerard proposed just before they marched down the aisle together? ! I need to reread this because it was 4am when I read this part...I made the mistake of starting this book before midnight. ..so 'wise'...
If the wedding had been done better like with her and his family invited I'd give this 5* for sure.
September 21, 2025
Heidelberg Wedding is Betty circa 1984. It's the plot where our nurse heroine Eugenia is engaged to a really unpleasant OM (other man) Humphrey who belittles her, condescends to her, has no real time for her and keeps her waiting for a wedding that might never materialize while he insists on saving money so they can kick off their married life in approved middle class style. His mother is a real piece of work too. Eugenia has been engaged for 18 months by the time the story starts, and is looking at least at a few more years of saving and scrimping for things like a tumble dryer and supporting her mother-in-law, who springs it on Eugenia that she intends to move in with them. The big mystery is why on earth it takes Eugenia so long to decide it's time to give Humphrey the heave-ho.
Enter our RBD Gerard Grenfell, senior consultant at Eugenia's hospital. He and Eugenia have worked together for years with nary a spark between them. Gerard is even engaged to someone else. The fiancee eventually runs off with someone else off page, something that appears to bother Gerard not at all because at some point, Gerard seems to have taken a really good look at Eugenia and decided she's the One. Gerard is hilarious. He begins an extremely subtle campaign to undermine Humphrey by pointing out the things Eugenia is already aggravated by (Humphrey's mother, his dislike of her abundant curves, etc.). He takes her with him to nurse surgical patients first in Portugal and eventually Heidelberg, Germany. She gets to know him as a person, and discovers he is delightful, his temperament being the opposite of Humphrey. The end is abrupt as is often the case with Betty, but it is sure is romantic.
If there is anything I dislike about this story, it's that it takes so very, very long for Eugenia to come to a decision about Humphrey. The majority of the book, in fact. The scenes with Humphrey being a jerk, his mother being a jerk, and Eugenia just sitting there taking it because she doesn't have enough grit to tell them both where they can get off were not very pleasant, but Gerard makes up for it because he's awesome. Three stars for the overly extended grind of Humphrey and his mom. Four stars for Gerard. Guess I'll round it up to four.
Enter our RBD Gerard Grenfell, senior consultant at Eugenia's hospital. He and Eugenia have worked together for years with nary a spark between them. Gerard is even engaged to someone else. The fiancee eventually runs off with someone else off page, something that appears to bother Gerard not at all because at some point, Gerard seems to have taken a really good look at Eugenia and decided she's the One. Gerard is hilarious. He begins an extremely subtle campaign to undermine Humphrey by pointing out the things Eugenia is already aggravated by (Humphrey's mother, his dislike of her abundant curves, etc.). He takes her with him to nurse surgical patients first in Portugal and eventually Heidelberg, Germany. She gets to know him as a person, and discovers he is delightful, his temperament being the opposite of Humphrey. The end is abrupt as is often the case with Betty, but it is sure is romantic.
If there is anything I dislike about this story, it's that it takes so very, very long for Eugenia to come to a decision about Humphrey. The majority of the book, in fact. The scenes with Humphrey being a jerk, his mother being a jerk, and Eugenia just sitting there taking it because she doesn't have enough grit to tell them both where they can get off were not very pleasant, but Gerard makes up for it because he's awesome. Three stars for the overly extended grind of Humphrey and his mom. Four stars for Gerard. Guess I'll round it up to four.
January 1, 2026
It keeps you guessing!
At the beginning of this story, both Eugenia and Gerard are engaged to other people. Gerard is engaged to someone named Miriam, who you never really meet other than that they describe her. Eugenia is engaged to Humphrey, who you figure out is a selfish, arrogant, asshole. I really would have been more satisfied if Eugenia had slapped the daylights out of him when she finally broke her engagement. She's a very nice girl because I'd probably have punched him and laid him out flat much earlier than Eugenia finally blew up. Anyway, you know the minute Gerard realizes he's in love with Eugenia. It takes her_ much longer to realize she loves him. They're both very good at hiding their feelings. You know they're going to end up together, but even towards the end, you're still trying to figure it out. I believe that anyone who buys this book is in for a treat!
At the beginning of this story, both Eugenia and Gerard are engaged to other people. Gerard is engaged to someone named Miriam, who you never really meet other than that they describe her. Eugenia is engaged to Humphrey, who you figure out is a selfish, arrogant, asshole. I really would have been more satisfied if Eugenia had slapped the daylights out of him when she finally broke her engagement. She's a very nice girl because I'd probably have punched him and laid him out flat much earlier than Eugenia finally blew up. Anyway, you know the minute Gerard realizes he's in love with Eugenia. It takes her_ much longer to realize she loves him. They're both very good at hiding their feelings. You know they're going to end up together, but even towards the end, you're still trying to figure it out. I believe that anyone who buys this book is in for a treat!
September 29, 2017
It doesn't get better than this in Neels land. Undoubtedly one of her best. Two fun travel sequences, a deliciously wretched other man (and mother!), lively relatives, a late-night drive just to get some fresh lilac ... Definitely one I'll add to the best-of library.
In plot structure, this resembles both Heaven is Gentle (previously committed protagonist) and Fate is Remarkable (long prior acquaintance), yet so utterly eclipses both those treatments as to barely bear comparison. I fully agree with the Uncrushable Jersey Dress ladies' Queen of Puddings rating.
In plot structure, this resembles both Heaven is Gentle (previously committed protagonist) and Fate is Remarkable (long prior acquaintance), yet so utterly eclipses both those treatments as to barely bear comparison. I fully agree with the Uncrushable Jersey Dress ladies' Queen of Puddings rating.
April 21, 2025
"Heidelberg Wedding" is the story of Eugenia and Gerard.
The heroine is a nurse who is engaged to her long time boyfriend. The said boyfriend is a mama's boy who spends most of his time penny pinching, body shaming and controlling her. Our demure and mindful heroine does snap but keeps going back to him, until she starts having more interactions with the surgeon hero and starts falling for him.
Average read, all i wanted was for the heroine to breakup with that POS but it was done VERY late in the book, ends in a love confession and happy ending.
SWE
3/5
The heroine is a nurse who is engaged to her long time boyfriend. The said boyfriend is a mama's boy who spends most of his time penny pinching, body shaming and controlling her. Our demure and mindful heroine does snap but keeps going back to him, until she starts having more interactions with the surgeon hero and starts falling for him.
Average read, all i wanted was for the heroine to breakup with that POS but it was done VERY late in the book, ends in a love confession and happy ending.
SWE
3/5
September 26, 2019
This was an okay book. The only thing that annoyed me was her fiance. What an a## !!! I wished the FL showed more of her spunky side when she interacted with her fiance instead of being a pushover for a good amount of the novel. The ML was great. I would have rated this higher if the fiance was not a factor.
May 22, 2018
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August 11, 2018
Lovely
If you enjoy your romances clean, light, fluffy and vintage then you will enjoy the wonderful work of Betty Neels
If you enjoy your romances clean, light, fluffy and vintage then you will enjoy the wonderful work of Betty Neels
October 15, 2020
Love all Betty Neels books!!
January 9, 2021
Funky
Loved it, specially the ending although the title gives away a great deal. Stuck up Humphrey deserved what he got!
Loved it, specially the ending although the title gives away a great deal. Stuck up Humphrey deserved what he got!
March 14, 2023
Betty branched out to Germany, quite the surprise Betty!
December 16, 2024
Sometimes one needs to get away from the hustle and bustle of the busy day and read something simple and sweet. That’s why I love Betty Neels’ books. There’s no violence, no graphic love scenes, no foul language, or overwhelming stress. Just a story involving everyday people who want to love and to be loved.
In this story the two protagonists have known each other for years. Each is engaged to someone else who is highly unsuitable. But through their work and friendship, they find a love that neither can live without.
A good story for a lazy afternoon.
In this story the two protagonists have known each other for years. Each is engaged to someone else who is highly unsuitable. But through their work and friendship, they find a love that neither can live without.
A good story for a lazy afternoon.
December 3, 2025
One of the first Harlequin authors I remember reading. I was completely enthralled by the exotic locales in her book when I was 14. Now reading these books are more of a way of remembering the aunt who got me started on them. I'll probably always love them due to the nostalgia factor. her books will always be some of my favorites to re-read.
June 6, 2025
So romantic, so very Betty Neels. I love the ending in Heidelberg. Humphrey, Eugenia's selfish fiancé, is so creepy. And his mother is even worse. I loved the descriptions of the Algarve in Portugal and Heidelberg, Germany. One of my favorites.
March 8, 2026
So good! This is a sort of prequel to "Magic in Vienna" and just as enjoyable.
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