I'm only a casual follower of the Cynster novels, and I enjoyed this story as much as the others. Very similar in all ways, about 250 pages in, I wondered if I had already read it and had to check to see that I hadn't. But it is a solid historical romance with likeable characters and a bit of a mystery. Some visits from the couples from the earlier novels let us know that their happily-ever-afters are still going strong.
I thought this book was just OK. I just don't like the second generation of Cynsters as much as the first. Laurens' later books are much more formulaic than the earlier ones. The sex and mystery in this one is pretty good though.
Dillon Caxton, protege of Demon Cynster is the Keeper of the Register of all racing horses in England. His standing and aloofness make him undeniably desirable to young ladies but his attention is unfixed. Until Miss Priscilla Dalling erupts into his life. a stunning beauty, she affects Dillon as no other ever has, but what fascinates him is that this tempting lady is clearly desperate, and equally clearly lying about wanting to see the Register to fulfill the whim of an eccentric aunt!
