BOOK REVEIW
by Amanda Quick
Publisher: Putnam
Genre: Fiction/Romance/19th century
# of pages: 432
Rating (1-5): 3
This mystery/romance begins when Elenora Lodge loses her fortune and her home to her step-father's gambling creditors. Though born into a wealthy English family, she is reduced to looking for work as a hired companion to make ends meet. Enter the Earl of St. Merryn, Arthur Lancaster, who is hiring a companion to pose as his fiancée. He hopes that this distraction will keep the eyes of society away from his search for the killer of his uncle, who had dabbled in alchemy with disastrous results.
The mystery winds through twist and turns as Elenora and Arthur are, of course, drawn inescapably closer to one another. The climax is entertainingly suspenseful and the ending, though predictable, is charmingly written. An enjoyable light read, worth picking up for an airplane flight or a rainy afternoon on the couch.
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