Review: Great partnership
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 9, 2014
This was a very clever book with an interesting story line.  Lord Hardcastle is a very likeable gentleman who makes his living doing magic and illusions.  He is friends with Houdini and other great illusionists of the period.  Violet is a young woman who has a wonderfully strong spirit who is employed in his household.  When she accidentally releases a dove used in his shows, she comes to the attention of the Lord.  He sees far more promise in her than just as a scullery maid and asks her to become his assistant.  The two find themselves working well together and falling in love.  The sparks begin to truly fly when he introduces spankings to his new assistant which only serve to make her even more attracted to him.  The author does a good job in character development and in capturing your attention with the scenes she describes.  It is definitely not a harsh story but one of gentle love and earned discipline that is not only accepted by Violet, but desired.