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Laddar... The Scarlet Spyav Andrea Pickens
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Ingår i serienMerlin's Maidens (3)
They were once orphans from London's roughest slums. Now they are stuidents of Mrs. Merlin's Academy for Select Young Ladies, learning the techniques of spying and seduction. Bold, beautiful, and oh-so-dangerous, they are England's ultimate secret weapons... The most ladylike of "Merlin's Maidens," Sofia possesses a natural grace and grandeur to go along with her deadly arsenal of martial skills--which makes her the perfect choice for a dangerous assignment to investigate rumors of government corruption. She must spin through the glittering ballrooms of Mayfair and the sinister back alleys of the city in search of the truth. One misstep on her part could prove fatal as she works to unravel the tangled web of deceit...but keeping the sinfully sexy Deverill Osborne at arm's length is a real test of her mettle. Handsome, witty and charming, Osborne is the darling of the ton. So when he is asked by the Marquess of Lynsley to introduce a lovely young Italian contessa into Society, he is only too happy to oblige...however he soon has suspicions about the contessa. W hen he catches her stealing valuables from a gentleman's study, should he believe the worst? Or should he trust the tantalizing murmur of her words...and the sultry, sensuous whispers of her body. To unmask the conspirators, Sofia and Osborne will overcome hidden dangers, including their own growing passion...which may be the most dangerous force of all. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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 Google Books — Laddar...GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999BetygMedelbetyg: (3.38)
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Sofia considers herself lacking what her sisters-in-arms, the heroines of THE SPY WORE SILK and SEDUCED BY A SPY Siena and Shannon, must have. The two of them had already been called to duty while Sofia had been regulated to learning etiquette and drawing room manners. However, Lord Lynsley tells her 'Each Merlin is called upon to undertake a different sort of mission'. For Sofia, her inherent graceful deportment and nobility are necessary for the mission Lord Lynsley sends her on.
Prior knowledge of the first two books isn't necessary unless you want to know the story behind Siena and Shannon's own missions. Siena's mission is mentioned, as her husband is close friends with our hero of the story, Lord Deverill Osborne, and he has questions pertaining to the mysteriousness of it, but that doesn't effect the overall book.
Lord Deverill Osborne, Dev to most of his friends, spends much of the book trying to understand why Sofia is merely only civil to him when all the other ladies of the ton throw themselves at him. When he's not busy trying to win her over, he is either indulging in a good self-pity bout or helping out a friend in a government branch office with his accounts.
Some of the funniest scenes in the book are when Dev tries to tell Lord Lynsley that Sofia (under guise as the daughter of an old family friend of his) is utterly crazy. As he tries to point out that everything she does is contradictory to what Lord Lynsley should want for her, Lynsley merely reads his paper and says 'She'll be fine, just leave her be' completely unruffled.
This was a fun fast read for me. I spent a little over three hours reading the book, and it is certainly worth picking up if you like your heroines a little feisty and action oriented. I guarantee you'll not guess who the true villain is before she does. (