The Mystery Woman: Number 2 in series (Ladies of Lantern Street)
by:
Amanda Quick (author)
Format: kindle
ISBN:
9780748128884
Publish date: April 23rd 2013
Publisher: Piatkus
Pages no: 385
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Paranormal,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Paranormal Romance,
Mystery,
Historical Romance,
Regency,
Suspense
Series: Ladies of Lantern Street (#2)
Belinda finds her employer near death. He tells her to run. Someone has been sent to kidnap her but he does not know why. Belinda heeds his advice and runs before the murderer comes back into the room. She hides but is found by Joshua Gage, a former spy for the Crown. Now that he has found her he be...
Pretty typical Quick. Which was the problem I had with it, there wasn't anything new about it. This one felt very much like her other paranormal historical romances. You could have transplanted the H and h from many of her other books into this one and they would have slotted seamlessly into place. ...
This review also posted at A Bookish Compulsion's Main SiteI have had a soft spot for Amanda Quick’s (AKA Jayne Ann Krentz) books ever since I read Mystique; the first substantial book I voluntarily finished and my entry into the world of a reader. At fourteen the medieval setting was fascinating, t...
This came completely out of the left field for me. The story simply didn't suck me in as Ms. Quick's novels usually do.Let's start with the title—The Mystery Woman. That was supposed to be the heroine. To me, she was no mystery. I would've preferred her secrets to be revealed more slowly, not giving...
One of the best Amanda Quick novels I've read in a long time -- it had much more "substance" so to speak than many of her books, with a greater focus on the relationship and the action than on the "psychical" elements (though they were certainly present too).4/5 Stars