Willy W. reviewed on 7/9/2011 + 503 more book reviews

This quiet, introverted book features one of the best heroines in historical romance. She's smart, witty, beautiful, and full of great one-liners.

Phin is a former spy and Mina is a brilliant young woman who makes her way through the world by playing dumb. They reconnect four years after she once saved his life. What ensues is a bit of intrigue but mostly two people circling around each other with a powerful attraction and a lot of issues to overcome.

This story could have been melodrama but instead is a steady, self-assured look at how these two smart people survive in a world they believe is full of bad people and bad events. They don't trust each other, they don't trust themselves.

It was a sweetly built romance with a lot to hold your attention. The seductive buildup was well paced and while Duran's love scenes aren't scorching, these were well told and sexy.

My biggest complaint is the title, which misleads you once you've read about half the book. You start to think it has a meaning. It doesn't.

Storytelling - B+
Romance - B
Sensuality - B

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