Bedroom Eyes by Hailey North started out as a pretty run of the mill romance novel but got really strange really fast. The novel follows straight laced attorney Penelope Sue Fields as she narrowly avoids getting tricked into involvement with the local mob. Investigating her is Tony Olano, a cop (undercover as a private investigator... a little bit of a sketchy cover story there) who is initially sure she is knowingly up to know good. Also aiding Penelope (and here's where the story takes a right turn into wierd territory) is Mrs. Merlin, a 6.25 inch tall candle magician.
I'm all for a little fantasy, in fact I love stories that incorporate magic into them, but this was not overly well done in my opinion. Mrs. Merlin helps to remind Penelope to have adventure, take chances and get messy (to take a line from Miss Frizzle), but I think there must have been a way to have Penelope go through the same journey without turning her into a cat for day.
The story besides the detour into wierdville is a good one, Tony is likable and Penelope, if naive for an attorney, feels really real. She has insecurities and lives a little bit trapped in her fantasies instead of trying to change her reality, but that feels really normal. The action with the mob provides the necessary impetus to give these two characters a realistic reason to come together, and is an interesting storyline.
I just wish there was no tiny magician in this one. Other than that it wasn't a bad book.
Happy Reading
Steffie
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