Ladies of Intrigue
includes three separate stories all set in the 19th
Century. I requested the opportunity to read and review this book
because I had thoroughly enjoyed previous books by this author. The
Gentleman Smuggler's Lady and
The Doctor's Woman,
the first two stories were fair, but the last story, A
House of Secrets, was truly
intriguing. It would have been a wonderful plot to have fleshed out
into a full-length novel. I was glad to have plugged through the
first two stories to reach the third. In this story Amanda Carston
struggles for her father's approval before marrying and beginning the
next stage of her life. Unfortunately her plans for achieving this
goal run counter to the plans her fiance, city attorney Joseph Blake,
has for rescuing women from and ultimately closing a local brothel.
Keeping a family secret bars him from sharing his efforts with
Amanda, something that ultimately has dire consequences.
I
would give the first two stories three stars and the final story
four. I appreciate receiving a copy of this book from Barbour
Publishing through NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion. I was
under no obligation to write a positive review, and received no
monetary compensation.
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