Nocturnal Book Reviews

3.5/5
Quoting fabulous Smart Bitches, Trashy Books "This is a case of Magic Wang meeting Magic HooHa" :) The two main characters meet at the masquerade where they have passionate sex, and after that she runs away leaving her shoe behind (hint *cinderella*) and they both can't stop thinking about each other.
The author writes fabulously well, the book is really easy to read and is enjoyable, but my God! There were some moments of *too stupid to live* that made me scream in frustration.
He is a spy for god's sake! Why can't he be clever? Instead emotions run high, and nobody thinks things through before acting. And don't start me on Adam who proved to be extremely thick-headed and had emotional sensitivity of i don't know what... a log, maybe? He wasn't overly concerned with Phineas feelings or even when his own wife was in danger. Marianna was irritatingly blind and pushy to the point of it not being funny, and the countess herself... where do I start? Why couldn't she tell anyone about the will? I just couldn't understand the reasoning behind her silence when she could find help among her powerful, influential friends.
I'm a big sucker for spy historical romances, and although Lecia Cornwall writes really well, the characters were not to my liking. Apart from that, do read the book and judge for yourself :)