White Magic - Topaz Historical Romance Author:Jaclyn Reding Lord Noah Edenhalls is determined to find the woman responsible for his best friends suicide. His investigation brings him to Lady Augusta Brierley. Well-traveled, intelligent and on the shelf, Augusta has neither the time nor the desire to mix with the ton. — A nocturnal creature, she is more interested in astronomy than traipsing to one social ... more »event after another; for the heavens have offered her a secret discovery.
Noah soon discovers Augusta is not like the young misses looking for a husband. Petite, dressed plainly, no milk-and-water miss is she. It is not long before they are at odds with one another. Eventually, after being thrown together, his opinion of Augusta changes. When they both begin receiving ominous notes and Augusta is wounded as a result of a shooting, it is time for her to trust Noah with her secret. They must discover who is intent on killing them and the person who really caused Noah's friend's suicide.« less
This is a great second book in Redings, White series. There is not much interchanging of characters between the first and second book. Nice detail and good suspense with some romance thrown in for good measure. Definately a fun read!