A Lady's Secret
by Jo Beverley
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Author: Jo BeverleyEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-01
ISBN: 0451224191
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Signet
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- ISBN13: 9780451224194
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of A Lady's Secret
Book Review: A Journey Too Far
Summary: 2 Stars
I own every novel Jo Beverley has ever written. As I mentioned in another review, she's been on my auto-buy list for years. Because of that, I can forgive the occasional less-than-stellar novel, and of course there's been one or two here and there (one or two of the Mallorens, perhaps three of the Rogues). With the first novel in her Secrets series, we seem to have another very uneven book, with a less-than-fascinating heroine and a hero I found myself actively disliking at times.
Robin, Earl of Huntersdown, runs into a nun at an inn in France. A cursing nun, in fact. She appears to be running away from an overbearing matron whose children she was caring for. Being bored and facing a long journey, Robin takes the nun in his carriage. And here's reason one for starting to dislike him: despite the fact that, at this stage, he has no reason to believe that she is anything other than what she claims to be - a nun - he tries to seduce her. In a pretty determined fashion, too. Yes, this is the Georgian period and mores were somewhat different then, but I don't care for overbearing sexual predators as the heroes in my romance novels, thanks.
However, after a while I decided that Petra - the 'nun' - wasn't much better than Robin. Having secrets is one thing; lying, and lying again, yet still expecting the man you're lying to to continue to protect you is something else again. By the time Petra ran away from Robin - while apparently believing herself in love with him - I'd lost patience with her.
I also almost gave up on this book during the first half. The journey through France is one of the most tedious pieces of exposition I have read. Of course it's good to get the period details right, but don't overload the reader with trivial details! (And the 'adventure' at the hut in the middle of nowhere was really too much for me. I didn't enjoy it - quite the opposite - and it didn't appear to add to the story). As for the dog, I wanted to shoot it.
What kept me reading, and saved this book somewhat, was the change of pace once the couple reached England. Yes, I was irritated with Petra for running, but I became interested in Robin's family and his foster-brother, Thorne (whose story I do hope is better than either this book or the second in the series). Petra's true identity was an interesting revelation also, and overall the latter part of the book was considerably better than the first. However, it's not a book I'd be in a hurry to read again, unlike the two previous instalments in the Malloren series, Winter Fire and A Most Unsuitable Man, both of which I loved.
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