Love, Lies and Spies

Today's post is on Love, Lies and Spies by Cindy Anstey. It is 368 pages long and is published by Swoon Reads. The cover is white with silhouettes of different things like keys, locks, and people on it. The intended reader is someone who is interested in historical romance. There is no foul language, no sex, and mild violence in this book. the story id told from third person close of the main characters. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the back of the book- Juliana Telford is not your average nineteenth-century young lady. She’s much more interested in researching ladybugs than marriage, fashionable dresses, or dances. So when her father sends her to London for a season, she’s determined not to form any attachments. Instead, she plans to secretly publish their research.
Spencer Northam is not the average young gentleman of leisure he appears. He is actually a spy for the War Office, and is more focused on acing his first mission than meeting eligible ladies. Fortunately, Juliana feels the same, and they agree to pretend to fall for each other. Spencer can finally focus, until he is tasked with observing Juliana’s traveling companions . . . and Juliana herself.

Review- A cute read with a cute romance with a happy ending. Juliana is a cute heroine with a sense of humor and desire to be taken seriously as a scientist. Spencer is trying to do right by king and country in a time of war. With lots of interesting details in the background this is a great book if you are looking to get into historical romances with some comedy to keep the plot from getting too serious. Anstey clearly loves Georgette Heyer and wants to fill that space in publishing and she does a good job with this novel. The characters are fun, the story is interesting, and it plot is just right not too heavy but the romance is very sweet and just a little exciting without getting too spicy for the age group. I recommend this book if you like historical romances with humor.

I give this book a Five out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this book from my local library.