Review: COMPELLING JOURNEY INTO LOVE & HISTORY
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 25, 2013
Reagan Walker's Book 2 Against the Wind in her trilogy Agents of the Crown gives her readers a glimpse of one of England's sad, historical chapters when, after the 1812 French Revolution, England's rulers feared a similar uprising that might cause an overthrow of their government. To quell it, they resorted to trickery that led to the hanging of protestors and the further impoverishment of an already over taxed, economically bereft population of subjects. In the midst of this is Sir Martin Powell, a daring spy for the English Crown who upon finishing his mission as a spy in France has returned home for one last assignment. A surprise encounter with Lady Katherine Egerton, a beautiful, young widow he only knows as Kit, gives him a night of passionate lovemaking at Willow House, a highly exclusive brothel for a discreetly screened cliental, owned by her former nanny.He's desperate to find her. She can't stop thinking about him. Penniless, she seeks and finds refuge as a finishing governess to twin girls who need tutoring for their first season. Her one night of passion leads to marriage and a love she thought would never be hers as she finds herself in the middle of an uprising in which she is discovered and abducted by her vile, ex-brother in-law the Earl of Rutledge who she thought she had killed while protecting her honor after the death of her sister. Her only hope of escape is that Martin will find her and prevent Rutledge from succeeding with his plans to kill Martin and wed KitWith Walker's signature touch of creating an intriguing plot authentically set against a background of actual historical events and characters, the reader can become immersed in a love story involving two strong, memorable and compelling people who, though facing great peril, are willing to take a leap of faith into the emotional turmoil falling in love can be. To add flavor to her plot, Walker enhances it with the continuing story of the headstrong Mary, now Lady Ormond and her husband, the dashing Nighthawk whose exploits for the Crown in Racing With the Wind, Book 1, became legendary during the French Revolution.