The Secrets of A Lady (Jordans #1) by Jenna PetersenMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
With the exciting backdrop of post-Napoleonic Wars England, Audrey and Griffin come together and sparks fly as Audrey tries desperately to prove herself in her brother Noah's world of espionage.
Sometimes, I've found, the whole spy aspect of these romances can become too much for me. They can draw attention away from the love story unfolding. This didn't happen at all in the story Petersen shares. The romance is full of heated kisses and a push and pull that leaves you on edge, hoping they just drop their doubts and self-imposed hindrances and make out! And that they do!
I fell in love with Griffin's driving need to see Audrey safe and secure, and preferably with him, instead of the antagonist. The antagonist- Douglas Ellison - is a slimy, filthy character bent on assassination and sending England back into turmoil and treachery, all the while courting Audrey.
Noah Jordan and his sister Audrey are bound and determined to set things right and see Ellison in jail. They need to set up camp near the assassin, so they might find out who else is in on the deadly plot... and Griffin's London house just so happens to be neighbors to Ellison's.
Reeling from a failed marriage & the untimely death of a despicable wife, Griffin agrees to house the brother-and-sister spies. He has to endure watching the woman whose kiss five years before sent his world upside down, play at being enamored of a wretch like Douglas Ellison, and he's finding it quite hard, indeed.
Thoughts of Audrey's drunken kiss five years before have been haunting him ever since, and he's bound and determined not to let another liar like his wife into his heart, but Audrey isn't like Luci. No, she's more wholesome. She's everything he's ever dreamed or hoped to have, in fact, and she's letting herself be the object of the cad Ellison's affections.
It's a wonderful love story, and I can't wait to read the rest in the series!
This book is set for publication in September, and its companions will be published in October and November.
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