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Not your average Regency romance. A good mystery, a strong, smart heroine, an intelligent hero, intrigue, adventure = a very good book.
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Really enjoyed this book. Always a good read.
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Everything by her is terrific.
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Excellent! Well written and entertaining
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Very good. Funny. About a book of secret potions.
Loved the book. Good mystery
Emma and Edison crack me up all the time. she was so insitent on her reference! lol. Great book!
Emma works as a lady's companion. Her spunky spirit has cost her a few jobs. At a house party, she meets Edison Stokes who hires her to help him find a missing book of arcane lore. This leads to danger, murder, and romance. In short, a great book. This is another Vanza series book.
A really good book, the storyline is well done, the characters are so real and interesting that you want to know them better. A great afternoon read.
The mystery of this book will keep you glued to your seat and your eyes glued to the pages!
Amanda Quick never disappoints!! Good Read!
Great story of mystery and romance. LOVE the heroine and like the hero! A must read for hopeless romantics!
Fun read.
The Rocky Mountain News "I thee wed is a witty, delightful read." The Denver Post "If you start an Amanda Quick book in the late afternoon, you'll probably spend the night with it"
It isn't easy making a living as a lady's companion when one possesses a sharp tongue and an original mind. That's why Emma Greyson has gone through three such positions in six months. Her current post at a tiresome country house party has her bored to tears - until an extraordinary encounter with the legendary Edison Stokes leads to a secret position as his assistant. Read and see what happens.....
This was a great read and didn't want to put the book down once I started.
It isn't easy making a living as a lady's companion when one possesses a sharp tongue and an original mind. That's why Emma Greyson has gone through three such positions in six months. Her current post at a tiresome country house party has her bored to tears - until an extraordinary encounter with the legendary Edison Stokes leads to a secret position as his assistant. Read and see what happens.....
This was a great read and didn't want to put the book down once I started.
great read!
I have enjoyed reading Amanda Quick books and this one was very good too. Like a strong minded woman!
Amanda Quick is always fun to read.
Hiding from the advances of a lecherous gentleman during a country house party, lady's companion Emma Greyson stumbles upon the enigmatic Edison Stokes, an aristocratic sleuth on the trail of a thief who has stolen a sacred book.
Quick manages to combine an interesting mystery with strong eccentric characters...and some charmingly funny moments.
great book. Have read everything by Quick and this book was just as good as her others.
Emma, the supposed spunky protagonist, for all her insights into the lives of both upstairs/downstairs, still seemed incredibly naive. The romance between she and Edison was not well-developed. They were around each other, they were conveniently engaged, and then "poof" they are suddenly in love. It just did not seem natural, or plausible, if plausability is allowed in romance novels. There are other more entertaining stories with better twists and mysteries out there.
From the back cover...
It isn't easy making a living as a lady's companion when one possesses a sharp tongue and an original mind. That's why Emma Greyson has gone through three such positions in six months. Her current post at a tiresome country house party has her bored to tears-until an extraordinary encounter with the legendary Edison Stokes leads to a secret position as his assistant. Stokes is on a peculiar mission, searching for an anonymous thief who has stolen an ancient book of arcane potions. He suspects his quarry is among the party's guest-and that the villain is looking for an intuitive woman on whom to test a certain elixir. A woman just like Emma...For Emma, the new post brings unexpected passion and chilling danger. But when murder strikes, she realizes the awful truth. Unless she and Edison devise a scheme to outwit a merciless killer, she could forever lose the man of her dreams-and even her very life...
It isn't easy making a living as a lady's companion when one possesses a sharp tongue and an original mind. That's why Emma Greyson has gone through three such positions in six months. Her current post at a tiresome country house party has her bored to tears-until an extraordinary encounter with the legendary Edison Stokes leads to a secret position as his assistant. Stokes is on a peculiar mission, searching for an anonymous thief who has stolen an ancient book of arcane potions. He suspects his quarry is among the party's guest-and that the villain is looking for an intuitive woman on whom to test a certain elixir. A woman just like Emma...For Emma, the new post brings unexpected passion and chilling danger. But when murder strikes, she realizes the awful truth. Unless she and Edison devise a scheme to outwit a merciless killer, she could forever lose the man of her dreams-and even her very life...
It isn't easy making a living as a lady's compainion when one possesses a sharp tongue and an orginal mind. This'ts why Emma Greyson has gone through three such positions in six months. Until an extraordinary encounter with the legendary Edison Stokes leads to a secret position as his assistant. The new post brings uexpected passion, chilling danger and when murder strikes and awful truth that she could lose her life and man of her dreams.
It isn't easy making a living as a lady's companion when one possesses a sharp tongue and an original mind. That's why Emma Greyson has gone through three such positions in six months. Her current post at a tiresome country house party has her bored to tears...until an extraordinary encounter with the legendary Edison Stokes leads to a secret position as his assistant. Stokes is on a peculiar mission, searching for an anonymous thief who has stolen an ancient book of arcane potions. He suspects his quarry is among the party's guests...and that the villain is looking for an intuitive woman on whom to test a certain elixir. A woman just like Emma...For Emma, the new post brings unexpected passion and chilling danger. But when murder strikes, she realizes the awful truth. Unless she and Edison devise a scheme to outwit a merciless killer, she could forever lose the man of her dreams...and even her very life...
It isn't easy making a living as a lady's companion when one possesses a sharp tongue and an original mind. That's why Emma Greyson has gone through three such positions in six months. Her current post at a tiresome country house party has her bored to tears--until an extraordinary encounter with the legendary Edison Stokes leads to a secret position as his assistant.
Stokes is on a peculiar mission, searching for an anonymous thief who has stolen an ancient book of arcane potions. He suspects his quarry is among the party's guests--and that the villain is looking for an intuitive woman on whom to test a certain elixir. A woman just like Emma...
For Emma, the new post brings unexpected passion and chilling danger. But when murder strikes, she realizes the awful truth. Unless she and Edison devise a scheme to outwit a merciless killer, she could forever lose the man of her dreams--and even her very life....
Stokes is on a peculiar mission, searching for an anonymous thief who has stolen an ancient book of arcane potions. He suspects his quarry is among the party's guests--and that the villain is looking for an intuitive woman on whom to test a certain elixir. A woman just like Emma...
For Emma, the new post brings unexpected passion and chilling danger. But when murder strikes, she realizes the awful truth. Unless she and Edison devise a scheme to outwit a merciless killer, she could forever lose the man of her dreams--and even her very life....
