Beware of Virtuous Women (utgåvan 2007)

This is Ellie Becket's story. She's the one who keeps order in Romney Marsh, but she's also at the heart of the mystery between the family's move from their Caribbean island home to England. Ellie has a limp due to a broken ankle at the time she was adopted into the family. She's so quiet and demure that Jack Eastwood, the Becket's agent, has never noticed her though Ellie is secretly mad for him. When she gets to chance to go to London, posing as Jack's new bride, she takes it.
There's a lot of real drama in this book. Ellie's background is fraught with murder and mayhem that arises once more when she is introduced into society. Jack realizes that her quietness is merely a disguise for a woman with a spine of steel and he certainly notices her now.
Again, I can't say enough good things about this series and I'm really enjoying the re-read. ( )

Eleanor Becket is a quiet woman who knows secrets and one of the biggest secrets is her own. Her past has things that will influence the future and Jack Eastwood finds himself embroiled in both her and her family's future while trying to unravel some questions of his own.

Much of the plot is pretty predictable and if you blink you might miss some of the thriller and mystery aspects but it's a fun read. ( )