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From USA Today bestselling author, C.J. Archer, this romantic historical mystery will take your breath away.

7 years ago a woman with too many secrets and a man with too many lies fell in love. Then she left him.

Isabel's quiet life as an assistant to one of London's famous apothecaries hides a deadly secret. A secret that could see her put on trial for witchcraft if the authorities uncover the truth. But when the authority figure who turns up at her shop is Sir Nicholas Merritt, she's at risk of losing more than her life. She could lose her heart and soul, and the man she loves.

Royal spy Sir Nicholas Merritt can't believe his luck when he stumbles upon Isabel during an investigation. He's been searching for her for seven long years and now he has her again, in his bed and his life. Except she's resisting all the way. Worse still, she's somehow tangled up with a plot to assassinate the queen. To hold onto her this time, he must find out why she left him while hiding a secret of his own that could tear them apart forever.

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ASIN : B004O0VCY0
Language : English
File size : 2746 KB
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Print length : 276 pages

Best Sellers Rank: 125,700 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 883 in Historical Fantasy (Kindle Store)
- 1,293 in Historical Fantasy (Books)
- 4,217 in Fantasy & Futuristic Romance

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great read

Reviewed in Australia on 7 November 2020

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there was nothing i did not like

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ROROBLUSMUM - no retreat, no surrender

Am learning not to judge a book by its drab cover, this was an excellent read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 December 2011

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I'm primarily a romance fan, and yes, I tend to be attracted to sleek, bold covers with attractive leads on them, with lashings of erotic/hot and steamy sex. I picked this up only as it was free on the Top 100 Kindle and had mention of a bit of romance, so that was enough for me, as I'm kind of running out of reading material at this time of year.

On top of this tale being my kind of romance, I got mystery, baddies, intrigue, secrets, lies, dry humour and wit, innuendo, some get-you-own-back situations, some cloak-and-dagger stuff, red herrings, white withcraft/good magick and frequent, hot, steamy, descriptive sex, all within an excellent tale.

The tale is about Sir Nick, a Knight who's part of some secret service organisation, who's been tasked with finding out how poison found its way into the food at the court of Queen Victoria, and he starts visiting apothecaries in the city of London. He walks into Shawe's and discovers the wife that he's been searching for for six years working behind the counter, and she's as shocked to see him - and to realise that the attraction between them is as strong as ever; cue many hot, steamy, erotic sex scenes (many of Isabelle's customers are whores, who've shared their experience with her, which makes Nick question what she's been doing in the last six years!).

Nick though that Isabelle left him for another man, but she'd in fact left him because of his frequent and unexplained absences. He couldn't tell her that he'd spent so much time during their marriage away because he was a spy, and as he was the one who'd exposed her crooked father, resulting in his imprisonment and death. Her father had been suspected of poisoning the Court, and now his daughter was possibly to face the same fate...and wife or not, Nick has been tasked with exposing the baddies/killers...

From Isabelle's POV, she'd been left with the MIL from hell, who'd discovered her secret, unknown to even Isabelle til then, and who blackmailed her into fleeing...

I loved how the passion and liking was still between them, and how this made for some excellent sex scenes, but that Isabelle was strong enough, independent enough and assertive enough not to turn to marshmallow afterward their romantic interludes. As far as she was concerned, her husband had never explained his absences and she saw no future for them, especially given her own secrets.

In addition to the above, the tale had an excellent storyline and there were several characters that we saw, and who were shady enough that I couldn't be sure as to the identity of the baddy/ies at all. And, despite not wanting to lose Isabelle again, Nick was even more bound by secrecy and couldn't let on about his work, even when she began to first suspect that he could be the poisoner, and then sussed that he might be investigating the crime, so it was a battle of wills between them.

This was a really good, enjoyable tale, one that I would happily have paid for. It's the first in a series, but each features different characters and storylines and can be read as standalones - I'm interested enough to check them out. This was an excellent find.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 October 2019

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Was a little disappointed in that there was too much sex in the writing so stopped reading.
I don't mind some but felt this book had too much.

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More enjoyable than expected.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 November 2017

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I've had this novel on my Kindle for some time but only just got around to reading it. The world building is solid and the writing smooth, though the ending a little predictable.

Donna Cook

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 October 2019

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great book hopefully more in this series

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Honor Bound

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 December 2011

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Having picked this from the free list I was very pleased to find that I found the book very easy to read. I found that the enjoyable story line flowed and the characters were believable. The only fault I would have to say was I felt that the ending could have done with a couple of more chapters just to finish of the story. Yet another introduction to a new author - will certainly read the next story in due course.

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