by Amanda Quick
I listened to this on audio, and I enjoyed it. I didn't get quite as into this as other reads by this author on audio. I felt that the romance wasn't as well-developed. It seemed almost arbitrary, whereas the mystery was much stronger. The Bridegroom storyline was dark and twisted, and well-thought ...
Otherwise Engaged is the story of Amity a bit if a spinster who is making the most of life traveling and writing a book (lucky girl). As she is leaving a Caribbean island she sees a man who has been left for dead in an alley. Lucky for him Amity knows a bit about medicine and gets the man Benedict b...
Well, this happened. Again. As with the previous installment in this series, and the last addition to Ms. Quick's bibliography, The Mystery Woman, this one didn't impress me either. Though there were some similar reasons for me remaining rather cool about this book, like not feeling the attraction...
"Otherwise Engaged" is a great title. I enjoy Amanda Quick's (Jayne Ann Krentz writing historicals) books. This one is late Victorian, almost Edwardian -- or have I misremembered and it is Edwardian? Wishful thinking maybe. I'd love an Amanda Quick novel set in one the grand Edwardian houseparty wee...
Too much sex for my taste. But a pleasant Victorian romantic suspense fluff piece.
Time: Vaguely the middle of the 19th century. Place: A Caribbean island; London. Characters: Amity is a world traveler, self-reliant and unflappable. Benedict is an engineer aka part-time spy, grumpy but stalwart. Nothing new here. Every character – the leads and the secondary characters – are ...
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