Review: ...not to be missed well plotted, fast paced mystery filled romance!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 19, 2013
This novel reminded me of how good Robyn DeHart is at plotting her stories, and how well she writes her characters. As usual, she creates her heroines as strong, independent women and her heroes are just as strong and determined men.The story opens up with Mia literally being abandoned by her family, and at sixteen years of age this young woman was such a wonderful and courageous soul that the scenes made me cry and wish to pummel her mother.After nine years of living in a small cottage, off of Eighth Duke of Carrington's property, with her faithful governess-turned-companion who never abandoned her, she was finally forced by circumstances to face the Duke and let him know that she was the witness to a crime that occurred on his property.And that's where this story becomes a mystery worth reading. I'm not a fan of Jack the Ripper only because I don't like to read gore scenes, but Ms. DeHart knows her audience and keeps those scenes only at a periphery of my mind and leaves it to my imagination rather than writing it all out.The story was enhanced by the heroine's blindness as we had to be put in the dark as she was and `feel' rather than `see' the world in which she lived in. It also created an interesting dynamic between Alex, a man who always did what was expected of him; a man who needed someone like Mia to pop into his life and `open' his eyes to the world beyond the one he grew up in.And when it comes to villains, this one is sick, vile and slippery son-of-a gun. I'll be so glad to watch him get his in the next book.If you're looking for a fast paced romance with a mystery in it, oh and let's not forget sensual, don't look further. I highly recommend you pick this one and I promise you'll read it in one sitting. It is not to be put down before the last page is read!Mel for b2b*Book provided by the publisher through NetGalley.