Review: Enjoyable start to new series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 3, 2014
I'm a big fan of this author and have read most of her books. This is the start of a trilogy about 3 friends who were at Oxford together and made a pact about the type of wives they'd eventually have. They are have quite the reputation and become legendary over the years for their exploits. They plan not to marry for love but to produce an heir. They never want to be led about by a woman. In this story our H is a womanising Earl, who does some work for the government from time to time. The h is thought to be a French spy and is moving about the ton as a married, Austrian Archduchess. The H is sent to kill her because she has memorised some government secrets and she needs to be eliminated. The H is taken with the h from the beginning and there is an interesting sub-plot with the spying part of the story. I will definitely be buying the next book as soon as it is available.+++Spoiler+++For those who care, this is not a clean story but not terribly steamy. I personally don't like modern sexual behaviour in Regency stories and this h, was very quick to have sex with the H. I think within a day of knowing him and even though she is an innocent. There is no thought given to repercussions by either of them and as usual this did irritate me.