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Dangerous Angels
Saved from falling off the side of a cliff by Le Renardeau, Charlotte Tarrant is unaware that her rescuer is a notorious spy who has traveled to Cornwell to prevent the assassination of the Duke of Wellington. Original.
448 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1997
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Amanda Scott
172 books381 followersAmanda Scott, USA Today Bestselling Author and winner of Romance Writers of America’s RITA/Golden Medallion (LORD ABBERLEY'S NEMESIS) and Romantic Times’ Awards for Best Regency Author and Best Sensual Regency (RAVENWOOD'S LADY), Lifetime Achievement (2007) and Best Scottish Historical (BORDER MOONLIGHT, 2008), began writing on a dare from her husband. She has sold every manuscript she has written.
Amanda is a fourth-generation Californian, who was born and raised in Salinas and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in history from Mills College in Oakland. She did graduate work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializing in British History, before obtaining her Master’s in History from California State University at San Jose. She now lives with her husband and son in northern California.
As a child, Amanda Scott was a model for O’Connor Moffatt in San Francisco (now Macy’s). She was also a Sputnik child, one of those selected after the satellite went up for one of California’s first programs for gifted children. She remained in that program through high school. After graduate school, she taught for the Salinas City School District for three years before marrying her husband, who was then a captain in the Air Force. They lived in Honolulu for a year, then in Papillion, Nebraska, for seven. Their son was born in Nebraska. They have lived in northern California since 1980.
Scott grew up in a family of lawyers, and is descended from a long line of them. Her father was a three-term District Attorney of Monterey County before his death in 1955 at age 36. Her grandfather was City Attorney of Salinas for 36 years after serving two terms as District Attorney, and two of her ancestors were State Supreme Court Justices (one in Missouri, the other the first Supreme Court Justice for the State of Arkansas). One brother, having carried on the Scott tradition in the Monterey County DA’s office, is now a judge. The other is an electrician in Knoxville, TN, and her sister is a teacher in the Sacramento area.
The women of Amanda Scott’s family have been no less successful than the men. Her mother was a child actress known as Baby Lowell, who performed all over the west coast and in Hollywood movies, and then was a dancer with the San Francisco Opera Ballet until her marriage. Her mother’s sister, Loretta Lowell, was also a child actress. She performed in the Our Gang comedies and in several Loretta Young movies before becoming one of the first women in the US Air Force. Scott's paternal grandmother was active in local and State politics and served as president of the California State PTA, and her maternal grandmother was a teacher (and stage mother) before working for Monterey County. The place of women in Scott’s family has always been a strong one. Though they married strong men, the women have, for generations, been well educated and encouraged to succeed at whatever they chose to do.
Amanda Scott’s first book was OMAHA CITY ARCHITECTURE, a coffee-table photo essay on the historical architecture of Omaha, written for Landmarks, Inc. under her married name as a Junior League project. Others took the photos; she did the research and wrote the text on an old Smith-Corona portable electric. She sold her first novel, THE FUGITIVE HEIRESS - likewise written on the battered Smith-Corona in 1980. Since then, she has sold many more books, but since the second one she has used a word processor and computer. Twenty-five of her novels are set in the English Regency period (1810-1820). Others are set in 15th-century England and 14th- through 18th-century Scotland, and three are contemporary romances. Many of her titles are currently available at bookstores and online.
Amanda is a fourth-generation Californian, who was born and raised in Salinas and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in history from Mills College in Oakland. She did graduate work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializing in British History, before obtaining her Master’s in History from California State University at San Jose. She now lives with her husband and son in northern California.
As a child, Amanda Scott was a model for O’Connor Moffatt in San Francisco (now Macy’s). She was also a Sputnik child, one of those selected after the satellite went up for one of California’s first programs for gifted children. She remained in that program through high school. After graduate school, she taught for the Salinas City School District for three years before marrying her husband, who was then a captain in the Air Force. They lived in Honolulu for a year, then in Papillion, Nebraska, for seven. Their son was born in Nebraska. They have lived in northern California since 1980.
Scott grew up in a family of lawyers, and is descended from a long line of them. Her father was a three-term District Attorney of Monterey County before his death in 1955 at age 36. Her grandfather was City Attorney of Salinas for 36 years after serving two terms as District Attorney, and two of her ancestors were State Supreme Court Justices (one in Missouri, the other the first Supreme Court Justice for the State of Arkansas). One brother, having carried on the Scott tradition in the Monterey County DA’s office, is now a judge. The other is an electrician in Knoxville, TN, and her sister is a teacher in the Sacramento area.
The women of Amanda Scott’s family have been no less successful than the men. Her mother was a child actress known as Baby Lowell, who performed all over the west coast and in Hollywood movies, and then was a dancer with the San Francisco Opera Ballet until her marriage. Her mother’s sister, Loretta Lowell, was also a child actress. She performed in the Our Gang comedies and in several Loretta Young movies before becoming one of the first women in the US Air Force. Scott's paternal grandmother was active in local and State politics and served as president of the California State PTA, and her maternal grandmother was a teacher (and stage mother) before working for Monterey County. The place of women in Scott’s family has always been a strong one. Though they married strong men, the women have, for generations, been well educated and encouraged to succeed at whatever they chose to do.
Amanda Scott’s first book was OMAHA CITY ARCHITECTURE, a coffee-table photo essay on the historical architecture of Omaha, written for Landmarks, Inc. under her married name as a Junior League project. Others took the photos; she did the research and wrote the text on an old Smith-Corona portable electric. She sold her first novel, THE FUGITIVE HEIRESS - likewise written on the battered Smith-Corona in 1980. Since then, she has sold many more books, but since the second one she has used a word processor and computer. Twenty-five of her novels are set in the English Regency period (1810-1820). Others are set in 15th-century England and 14th- through 18th-century Scotland, and three are contemporary romances. Many of her titles are currently available at bookstores and online.
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July 20, 2014
Loved this book!!! Felt so sorry for Charlotte in the beginning losing her family like that and then her grandfather!!! Just loved Tony to the rescue!!! Tony and under cover spy for Wellington saved Charley and Lettys life when there carriage went over a cliff, killing Charley's parents, she then had to depend on the heir who was a distant relative, boy they did not get along!!! Then someone else claims to be the heir, just lived all the twists and turns!!! I realized who the assassin is as soon as the character was introduced in the book and then shortly after figured why he was doing it!!! Great read!!!
August 16, 2021
DANGEROUS ANGELS : is a very good read. CHARLY is orphaned in a carriage accident. She is left as caretaker for her young cousin LETTY, as a distant cousin comes to claim her home as heir. ANTONY, a spy for WELLINGTON is drawn into the fray, although working undercover. Stick with it, the plot is complicated but with a fascinating ending.
August 27, 2025
A romping RomCom
Think Bridgeton meets the Bard! I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, even more than book one. A regency romance with just enough smooth spice to make the ending believable and thoroughly loveable protagonists. The villains of the piece were suitably ignorant and ignoble. Now I need Letty to grow up and star in her own novel. A perfect holiday read.
Think Bridgeton meets the Bard! I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, even more than book one. A regency romance with just enough smooth spice to make the ending believable and thoroughly loveable protagonists. The villains of the piece were suitably ignorant and ignoble. Now I need Letty to grow up and star in her own novel. A perfect holiday read.
June 10, 2020
Really good story
I really enjoyed reading this book. I enjoyed the characters and plot. I really like the fact that the same characters appear in each book in the series. You get to know them better.
I really enjoyed reading this book. I enjoyed the characters and plot. I really like the fact that the same characters appear in each book in the series. You get to know them better.
December 28, 2025
Such a fun book full of great characters and happenings. I did love Letty and Charlie. I enjoyed all the meetings with Wellington although fiction. The introduction of the Private police in London was and interesting fact.
February 3, 2020
This actually was a book that had some substance and a decent story line.
September 9, 2020
Smugglers and spies a good ysrn
Yup. The story moves well sand, though the romance is predictable, much of the rest of the story is not predictable. Fun entertainment.
Yup. The story moves well sand, though the romance is predictable, much of the rest of the story is not predictable. Fun entertainment.
December 11, 2020
I enjoyed reading.
January 2, 2021
Would give 3.75 if I could.
July 25, 2021
An enjoyable read in between two dystopian novels... -
August 4, 2021
I had a hard time getting into this one. About halfway thru I started skimming it.
February 15, 2017
Really liked this one, wondered in the first couple stories what type of man Charley would end up with. Antony was a very good choice.
November 2, 2013
fabulous to meet the 3rd generation of these fascinating thoughtful and fiesty women
August 11, 2014
Boring. Too much talking.
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