by Nicola Cornick
I had a hard time getting into this one. After reading the synopsis on the back, I expected the events outlined to progress quickly, but I had read half the book before the accident causing Merryn and Garrick to marry even happened. I think that deviation from my expectations caused me to like this ...
Really enjoyed this book up to the explosion. However, once the h/h were rescued from that, melodrama took over and severely reduced my enjoyment of the book. So - 4 stars for the first part, 2 stars for the last part gets a 3-star average rating.
I liked that in this romance novel there was actually a real reason for the two main characters to have problems. Because, really, if you believed a man killed your brother, you wouldn't be all over him either.And Merryn isn't, she just can't seem to help herself, though if this were the real world ...
Review to follow later this week4/5 Stars
Merryn has devoted the last decade of her life to learning the details of her brother's death and plotting to make his killer pay. It's common knowledge that Stephen died in a duel at the hands of his friend Garrick. Stephen had been having an affair with Garrick's wife, who also died young. Garrick...
I had high hopes for this one after being briefly introduced to Merryn in Whisper of Scandal. She seemed like an intriguingly sneaky character. So I was really disappointed to find her naive to the point of stupidity and a totally ineffective sneak. She was working for an inquiry agency (awesome), b...
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