Review: Terrific Love Story and Murder/Mystery
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 22, 2014
Lady Thea Copley is the now 24 year old daughter of Damaris and Nathanial Copley, whose story was told in "Her Saving Grace", a book I also loved.  Thea and the hero of this story, William Cole, share many of the same attributes of Damaris and Nathanial in that first book.  Like her mother, Thea is incredibly smart, has total recall of anything she's read and can read at lightening speed.  Her knowledge and skills help her with working on cases with her detective father.  Because society of that era does not appreciate or encourage those attributes in women, Thea has been emotionally hurt by men and society not able to accept a smart woman.  Thea also is forthright and has difficulty understanding nuances in social situations and that has caused her to feel uncomfortable in gatherings with people she is unfamiliar with.  William Cole is much like Thea's father in that he is a strong male character, but his male ego is not threatened by a female like Thea.  He is intrigued with her and also patient and understanding of her fears and anxieties.  There is also the aspect of a good murder/mystery to the story.  Diehard fans of that particular genre might easily figure out who-done-it, but I felt like I was solving the case along with the detectives Thea and Nathanial.  A very good (clean) romance with the murder/mystery.  Catherine Winchester is now one of my favorite writers.