Helpful Score: 1
I read this one soon after Cassandra
Nice surprise and even more action than
I expected
Bravo Ms Hunter
FMK
Nice surprise and even more action than
I expected
Bravo Ms Hunter
FMK
Pam B. (PamelaK) reviewed The Counterfeit Mistress (Fairbourne Quartet, Bk 3) on + 1217 more book reviews
I really like the premise of this book: the time frame is just after the French Revolution, & England is inundated with French emigrees. The first two books in this trilogy were 'The Conquest of Lady Cassandra' & 'The Surrender of Miss Fairbourne'. In this book, a social misfit, Viscount Kendale is suspicious of one Marielle Lyons, believing her to be a spy. They have both been traumatized by the war & are suspicious of each other & everything else. They succumb to a sexual attraction, which grows, but as a reader, I just didn't see, hear, or feel it. As a hero, the man is a clod, but he does save her father from imprisonment in France. There are a few loose strings left unanswered; perhaps the author will pick those up in her next novel. This one was just comme ci, comme ca.
Lynne T. (mignon) reviewed The Counterfeit Mistress (Fairbourne Quartet, Bk 3) on + 256 more book reviews
I really do not like to read books in which the hero has a secret and the heroine has a secret. No, really, really! They will not tell each other their secret although the telling will make the outcome a lot easier for them. This is one of those books. However, I stuck it out and was glad I did. The last 75 pages were worth the irritation of waiting for the obvious to happen. It, not the obvious, did happen and it earned the four stars from me. Recommend!
