title: The Engagement Effect (Harlequin Romance, 3689)
author: Betty Neels
description: "Liz Fielding creates amazing characters, outstanding scenes and an exciting premise..."
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  ## They didn’t stop much. The afternoon was already dim and once the sun had
  set it would be difficult to find their way.
  
  
  
  
  
  They rounded the lake, made their way through the grottos and went through the
  gates as twilight descended on the little cottages beyond it.
  
  
  
  
  
  “Let’s go into the church?” suggested Mr. van Tacx, and took her arm. It was
  still open, the last of the daylight lighting up the stone knight on his tomb
  just inside the door. They wandered down the aisle and went into the tiny
  chapel on one side. Then they wandered back toward the door and stopped by
  mutual consent to look back at the dim gentleness of the interior.
  
  
  
  
  
  “I should like to be married here,” said Mr. van Tacx surprisingly. And when
  Josephine gave him an amazed look— “To you, of course, Josephine.”
  
  
  
  
  
  He sounded quite sure about it.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Romance readers around the world were sad to note the passing of Betty Neels
  in June 2001. Her career spanned thirty years, an