Sunday, September 16

Jo Beverley: My Lady Notorious

Ruined beyond hope and desperate to help her widowed sister and baby escape a deadly pursuer, a woman disguises herself as a highwayman and captures the first coach to travel down the road. The occupant of the coach is a bored soldier recently recovered from war wounds who, recognising that his captor is a woman, decides to assist her in her plan. Together they manage to get the widow and her baby to safety and lay a false trail but in the process the woman is captured and beaten for information. She manages to escape, then with the help of her soldier, restore her name and family honour.
I enjoyed this historical romance. The novel premise gave both the hero and the heroine scope to behave in a manner otherwise unacceptable to the period. The story was fast paced with a dash of humour and great sensuality.
Though the book stands alone it is the first in a series, each of which follows the romantic exploits of various members of the same family. I will definitely look out for the rest of the series in the hope that they will live up to the standard of this first episode.-Lynn

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