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Regency #5
Intrigue
A troubled lady...
Malvina is in over her head. Blackmail, highway robbery, murder, and treason are just some of the crimes she’s become embroiled in. With each passing day, her chances of escape—and survival—lessen.
A bored gentleman...
Gideon stumbles upon a holdup where all is not as it seems. Kidnapping one of the robbers’ accomplices hands him the very lady he was sent to investigate. Is she caught up in her husband’s treasonous activities, as his superiors suspect, or is simple highway robbery more her cup of tea?
A dangerous alliance...
Gideon is determined to help Malvina even if doing so leads to some unpleasant truths. Malvina acknowledges her need for Gideon’s help, but accepting might require her to make the ultimate her son.
Malvina is in over her head. Blackmail, highway robbery, murder, and treason are just some of the crimes she’s become embroiled in. With each passing day, her chances of escape—and survival—lessen.
A bored gentleman...
Gideon stumbles upon a holdup where all is not as it seems. Kidnapping one of the robbers’ accomplices hands him the very lady he was sent to investigate. Is she caught up in her husband’s treasonous activities, as his superiors suspect, or is simple highway robbery more her cup of tea?
A dangerous alliance...
Gideon is determined to help Malvina even if doing so leads to some unpleasant truths. Malvina acknowledges her need for Gideon’s help, but accepting might require her to make the ultimate her son.
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First published July 1, 2013
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Jaimey Grant
21 books167 followersI'm an author who battles ADD with sporadic doses of writing, book cover design, blogging, online promotion, homeschooling my two kids, fermenting things with my husband (mostly beer), video games, reading, and housework. (The housework suffers.) I sleep and eat when I remember.
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July 4, 2013Connected to my other Regencies; takes place between Deception and Spellbound.
Suggested reading order for Regencies:
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August 31, 2014
4.5/5.0
Four hooves galloping start this story down a fast paced track! Ms. Grant weaves many questions into this tale that keeps a reader turning those pages.
Read full review in the 2014 February issue of InD’tale Magazine.
Four hooves galloping start this story down a fast paced track! Ms. Grant weaves many questions into this tale that keeps a reader turning those pages.
Read full review in the 2014 February issue of InD’tale Magazine.
April 30, 2015
Intrigue is appropriately named, as most of the novel is all about the intrigue that Lady Malvina is involved in is slowly revealed in bits. The details of the plot against her needed to be told instead of just revealing bits and leaving the reader wondering if and what more was to come. She is a good mother and protective of her man-child, as he matures into adulthood.
Wolf is angry and does things a young man normally do behind parent's backs but he seems too angry and about what? The author tells of his developing relationship with Samantha, Gideon's younger sister but details of encounters could have added so much to both characters.
Samantha "Sammy" is described in detail as to her appearance but how she feels about her brother and what happened to her as a child is just touched upon. When his guilt keeps him away from her, doing dangerous work for the government, her lonely year of growing up and becoming a young woman needed to be expressed with her emotions the key emphasis.
Gideon, Lord Holt shows his emotions on and off as he falls for Lady Malvina more with his actions than with his thoughts as he keeps his feelings close to the chest and his expression emotionless, with his devil may care attitude front.
The plot was great, the setting and portrayal of the time period was great, but the character development was in need of some more work. I enjoyed the story and want to read more of Jaimey Grant's work in the future; she shows great potential as a writer.
Wolf is angry and does things a young man normally do behind parent's backs but he seems too angry and about what? The author tells of his developing relationship with Samantha, Gideon's younger sister but details of encounters could have added so much to both characters.
Samantha "Sammy" is described in detail as to her appearance but how she feels about her brother and what happened to her as a child is just touched upon. When his guilt keeps him away from her, doing dangerous work for the government, her lonely year of growing up and becoming a young woman needed to be expressed with her emotions the key emphasis.
Gideon, Lord Holt shows his emotions on and off as he falls for Lady Malvina more with his actions than with his thoughts as he keeps his feelings close to the chest and his expression emotionless, with his devil may care attitude front.
The plot was great, the setting and portrayal of the time period was great, but the character development was in need of some more work. I enjoyed the story and want to read more of Jaimey Grant's work in the future; she shows great potential as a writer.
January 26, 2017
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Lady Malvina Brackney is in a pickle. She’s being blackmailed to do some dirty work for a nasty man in exchange for his not revealing her husband’s private journal. Gideon Mallory de Witt, otherwise known as Lord Holt, is sent by the Home Office to suss out if the widow is guilty of the same treason they suspect of her dead husband and to find proof if she is or isn’t. To complicate matters, Malvina has a 16-yr-old son Beowulf who is in danger of being harmed if she doesn’t cooperate with the blackmailer. Can Gideon get to the bottom of things and keep everyone safe? Will Malvina trust him to do what he does best?
This historical romance is well-written with great characters, but I found the romance hard to believe. Gideon and Malvina don’t trust each other yet suddenly Gideon is offering to marry her to keep her and her son safe and preserve her reputation and she is agreeing. Well, I can see why she’d agree. She’s stuck between a rock and a hard place and to keep them safe she would marry Gideon who has many secrets yet seems to be an ok guy. Still…I just couldn’t buy into it. I needed more than what was given. The ending left me a bit bewildered because I saw no reason for what happened.
All-in-all this is a solid historical romance if you can buy into Gideon’s insta-love.
Lady Malvina Brackney is in a pickle. She’s being blackmailed to do some dirty work for a nasty man in exchange for his not revealing her husband’s private journal. Gideon Mallory de Witt, otherwise known as Lord Holt, is sent by the Home Office to suss out if the widow is guilty of the same treason they suspect of her dead husband and to find proof if she is or isn’t. To complicate matters, Malvina has a 16-yr-old son Beowulf who is in danger of being harmed if she doesn’t cooperate with the blackmailer. Can Gideon get to the bottom of things and keep everyone safe? Will Malvina trust him to do what he does best?
This historical romance is well-written with great characters, but I found the romance hard to believe. Gideon and Malvina don’t trust each other yet suddenly Gideon is offering to marry her to keep her and her son safe and preserve her reputation and she is agreeing. Well, I can see why she’d agree. She’s stuck between a rock and a hard place and to keep them safe she would marry Gideon who has many secrets yet seems to be an ok guy. Still…I just couldn’t buy into it. I needed more than what was given. The ending left me a bit bewildered because I saw no reason for what happened.
All-in-all this is a solid historical romance if you can buy into Gideon’s insta-love.
July 18, 2013
This was a good book but not the best I've read by this author. It fell just a bit flat for me because I don't think the overall development was there. The story left so much unsaid and undone. I guess the characters weren't completely developed for me either. While I was interested in the story, I never became invested emotionally which I really think could have happened if there had been greater development with the characters and the plot.
One thing Jaimey is so good at writing is romantic tension and attraction. That was definitely there.
I'll be back for more by Jaimey because I've read other books by her that I really enjoyed.
One thing Jaimey is so good at writing is romantic tension and attraction. That was definitely there.
I'll be back for more by Jaimey because I've read other books by her that I really enjoyed.
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January 9, 2014I don't know if it is because I just got done reading such a fast-paced book, but man this one seemed to drag on and on. I got abut 30% in and with hardly anything happening with the mystery side of the story I couldn't force myself to continue reading. The romance was a little on the overdone side too, I believe in attraction at first sight, but mostly I like my romance to be sweet and building. Instead of a passionate kiss hours after they meet.
Moral Note: some talk of infidelity in marriage, some talk of wanting the other person...not sure what else...
Moral Note: some talk of infidelity in marriage, some talk of wanting the other person...not sure what else...
December 3, 2014
I haven't read a lot of Regency Romances. This was new to me. I wasn't sure if I would like it at first because the story was a little stiff at first, but as I read more pages. Giddy and The Lady grew on me. I found things about them cute and endearing. I felt for her when she lost something so precious to her.
The back stories were well thought out and written.
I look forward to reading more Regency and her Romances.
The back stories were well thought out and written.
I look forward to reading more Regency and her Romances.
July 20, 2013
I liked this story, but not as much as the others I've read by this author. It was a good story though.
September 8, 2015
I enjoyed this one more than some of the others in the series. The characters were memorable and I thought they were developed decently enough.
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