But sometimes it just feels borderline too romance-novel-ish.

Besides the fact that I just have a hard time seeing either Jamie or Claire with other people, I felt his and Geneva's encounter was a little too bodice-ripper ish (again, the romance novel thing). I just thought it was a bit silly (the "you have to teach me", "you can watch if you want" "it hurt at first but then I liked it" etc. ). But maybe that was just me. Normally I don't find this show silly in that way at all, so it just surprised me a bit.