Janice - reviewed on 9/10/2013 + 647 more book reviews

I did not find this novel very convincing or credible. It felt to me as if the adventure plot with the kickass female heroine was a jarring element when juxtaposed with the love story. The author had reasonable explanations for everything the heroine knew how to do but I just didn't buy it, given the era, nor did I believe her casual sexuality for that era. She is not shown as a stupid person but she put her faith in a birth control method that was hardly 100%. I did finish it, however, and I would say that where the book shines is in the author's smooth prose style and the sections dealing with the hero's readjustment when he returns to England after a decade of solitary confinement in France. I think this author's older Signet regencies are tighter and better constructed than this book, which seemed padded and draggy at times. But I did finish it and I do like her style, so I give it four stars. I guess she's a prisoner of her market now.

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