Today's post is on Duels & Deception by Cindy Anstey. It is a stand alone novel. It is 345 pages long and is published by Swoon Reads. The cover is green with silhouettes of the main characters, the manor, and a carriage on it. The intended reader is someone who likes historical fiction, young adult fiction, and sweet love stories. There is no foul language, no sex, and no violence in this book. The story is told in first person close of the two main characters moving as the story goes. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- Miss Lydia Whitfield, heiress to the family fortune, has her future entirely planned out. She will run the family estate until she marries the man of her late father's choosing, and then she will spend the rest of her days as a devoted wife. Confident in those arrangements, Lydia has tasked her young law clerk, Mr. Robert Newton, to begin drawing up the marriage contracts. Everything is going according to plan.
That is, until the day Lydia and Robert are kidnapped. Someone is after her fortune and won't hesitate to destroy her reputation to get it. With Robert's help, Lydia strives to keep her family's good name unsullied and expose whoever is behind this devious plot. But as their investigation delved deeper and their affections for each other grow, Lydia starts to wonder whether her carefully planned future is what she truly wants...
Review- Another entertaining read from Anstey. Anstey does pull some nice plot twists that I was surprised by, like I was expecting her uncle to be more of a villain but he is a red herring. The real villains are good ones that I could see after they were revealed. The plot is very fun with the action being realistic, Lydia being interesting, Robert is charming and I was pulling for him all the way. Lydia could have be boring as she likes routine and knowing that everything has been planned out. But instead she comes across has very organized. It is a great clean romance in this style of Georgette Heyer and I highly recommend if you like historical romance.
I give this volume a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this book from my local library.
No comments:
Post a Comment