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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I absolutely loved Joanna Bourne's first novel The Spymaster's Lady and adored the hero and heroine who were entrancing. Her second one was good but not as good. This third novel is as beautifully written as the first two and set in the same era, the French Revolution. It is a prequel to the first novel and therein lies a small problem. Because it has exactly the same plot and the hero and heroine are virtually identical to those in the Spymaster's Lady. But they are not quite as absorbing. It's as if a painter duplicated a much-love painting but the colours were not quite as vivid. Having said that, she does not make the mistakes other American authors do -- fall instead of autumn, cent instead of penny, marketing instead of shopping etc. So I was intested to note she acknowledges two specialists in historial language. If only her fellow-authors followed suit. The writing is so much better than others in the same genre that it is a delight to savour and I would definitely encourage anyone interested in spy-romances to read her books.
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Marguerite de Fleurignac "Maggie" is part of an underground movement which helps people flee France to London. However, her network has recently been exposed from Paris to the coast. It is time for her people to run, to take new names, and set up elsewhere. Her family's chateau has been burned down. The roads are teaming with scavengers, bandits, deserters, and Jacobins. Before Maggie can leave the area, she is captured by the man named Guillaume LeBreton.
William Doyle is one of the best British spies. He is going by the name of LeBreton. He and his "servant boy", Hawker, know they are being watched. But their observer turns out to be a lovely female. Though Maggie does not give her real name at first, William is not fooled for even a moment. Her father is the Marquis de Fleurignac, who escaped before the Jacobins came to arrest him and drag him back to Paris, to the guillotine. William has come to France to put a stop to the assassinations in England. Maggie's father has a list of those to be killed. William wants Maggie to lead him to her father. But during a time when Death stalks Paris, could William keep his real identity a secret while still protecting the heroic young lady that has managed to wiggle her way under his skin?
***** FIVE STARS! My synopsis only covers the first half of this amazing story. To tell anything of the second half would reveal spoilers. Therefore, I will only say that I found many twists, turns, and lots of suspense. Author Joanna Bourne has crafted a tale so vivid that I could almost hear the feet scampering in the night and smell the fear that scents the dark air. The plot remains true to historical facts, which proves the author has done her research thoroughly. This suspenseful tale will ensnare your imagination right from the start and keep it enraptured until the very end. Excellent! *****
Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.
William Doyle is one of the best British spies. He is going by the name of LeBreton. He and his "servant boy", Hawker, know they are being watched. But their observer turns out to be a lovely female. Though Maggie does not give her real name at first, William is not fooled for even a moment. Her father is the Marquis de Fleurignac, who escaped before the Jacobins came to arrest him and drag him back to Paris, to the guillotine. William has come to France to put a stop to the assassinations in England. Maggie's father has a list of those to be killed. William wants Maggie to lead him to her father. But during a time when Death stalks Paris, could William keep his real identity a secret while still protecting the heroic young lady that has managed to wiggle her way under his skin?
***** FIVE STARS! My synopsis only covers the first half of this amazing story. To tell anything of the second half would reveal spoilers. Therefore, I will only say that I found many twists, turns, and lots of suspense. Author Joanna Bourne has crafted a tale so vivid that I could almost hear the feet scampering in the night and smell the fear that scents the dark air. The plot remains true to historical facts, which proves the author has done her research thoroughly. This suspenseful tale will ensnare your imagination right from the start and keep it enraptured until the very end. Excellent! *****
Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.
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On par with the other 2 in the series. All that you could wish for in an exciting romance thriller
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Loved it!
I just love Ms Bourne's style of writing. It is so different from the others offered in the same genre. I am always absorbed from beginning to end. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Maria
Compelling
As good as The Spymasters Lady, I think.
The historical detail of Paris during the Reign of Terror rings very true and the story bounds along, carrying us with it. Read more
The historical detail of Paris during the Reign of Terror rings very true and the story bounds along, carrying us with it. Read more
Published 22 months ago by A. Frith
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Oh, Joanna Bourne is incomparable! The Spymaster's Lady was the ultimate book. My Lord and Spymaster did not quite come up to that standard but Forbidden Rose came very... Read more
Published 23 months ago by A Reader
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