Not recommended for newbies to her books though.
The Vanza elements are, thankfully, kept to a minimum here and the book is more readable without them.Īll in all, a typical Amanda Quick story with likeable characters and a solid mystery. The mystery is better with one or two interesting twists and an exciting climax. Although there is a definite attraction between the two, it remains underdeveloped and the eventual sex scenes feel contrived. While this isn't necessarily negative as Quick's characters are always endearing, it does make for a rather unoriginal romance.īoth Ambrose and Concordia have intriguing backstories, but neither really contribute to their characterization in any meaningful sense. Soon Concordia and Ambrose are working together to stop a notorious crime lord from carrying out his nefarious plan for the girls.Īnyone who has read Quick's Arcane Society books will immediately recognize Ambrose and Concordia as they are virtually identical to every hero and heroine in that series. Agent, Steve Axelrod.Private inquiry agent, Ambrose Wells, is investigating a suspicious death when he crosses paths with Concordia Glade and her four students escaping from a blazing castle. There's nothing new here, but that's part of Quick's great appeal. , etc.) finds such joy in chestnuts such as the boy thief mentored by the rich man he tries to rob? Or the dilettante solving cases Scotland Yard can't? Quick plunges into every cliché ("Sensation after sensation coursed through her, leaving no room for uncertainty, let alone any sense of modesty"), but energizes her fluid narration with modern sensibilities, gutsy leads and romantic excesses. Courteous, daring, resourceful, Concordia and Ambrose can't wait to ravish each other repeatedly. Concordia returns the favor by helping Ambrose investigate the mysterious death of a London woman.
Ambrose escorts the lovely fugitives to safety, protecting them from the criminal mastermind and his aristocratic partner who'd kept them as part of a dastardly plan to use them for profit and pleasure. Concordia Glade, a teacher with past secrets and unconventional ideas about educating women, meets Ambrose Wells, a "private inquiry agent" with secrets of his own and an unusual tattoo, as she and her four orphaned pupils flee Aldwick Castle, which they have set on fire to hide their escape. Quick (aka Jayne Ann Krentz) gives her fans what they want in her latest historical romance, set in a movieland Victorian England.
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