The Velvet Touch

by Margery Hilton

Laurel was destined to love unwisely.Laurel thought of herself as an extremely sensible girl. But everything changed when she went to the Island of Destiny and met the Conde Rodrigo de Renzi.Suddenly Laurel began to moon, and dream, and spin wild romantic fantasies that could never come true... because the Conde was only interested in winning the love--and fortune--of his beautiful cousin, Carlota.And once he learned Laurel's secret reason for coming to the island, he would banish her from it forever!

Genres: Harlequin, Harlequin Presents

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Margery Hilton and her husband worked in the theater and in wasn't until she had to retire from her job due to a back injury, which also prevented her from doing any housework. So she had time to settle down to serious writing.

Reviews

[Lynn Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this novel at the time of reading it.

[RomLibrary]

Laurel was destined to love unwisely.

Laurel thought of herself as an extremely sensible girl. But everything changed when she went to the Island of Destiny and met the Conde Rodrigo de Renzi.

Suddenly Laurel began to moon, and dream, and spin wild romantic fantasies that could never come true... because the Conde was only interested in winning the love--and fortune--of his beautiful cousin, Carlota.

And once he learned Laurel's secret reason for coming to the island, he would banish her from it forever!

[Tia · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't like this book at all. For one it was too short and for two there wasn't much relation to the characters from my point of view. I couldn't grasp a lot of the characters in the book. The only one I did truly felt kinship towards was Yvonne because she was sixteen and thinking she was in love with every boy.

[Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was amazing :)