So while I enjoyed the book, it just missed the mark just a bit for me to truly rave about it. When considered separately, I enjoyed Selina and Harry but something was missing from their relationship for me.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the criminal/inspector aspect of the relationship and the obstacles that created for the couple. As odd as the pacing felt early in the book after Harry discovered the truth regarding Selina’s other identity everything seemed to click together. That said, maybe my lack of connection to Selina muted that emotional punch for me. I can’t share much without a spoiler, but I do think that big reveal could have had more impact. The pacing issue also extended to a mystery surrounding Selina. It’s definitely a bummer because I love stolen moments at a soiree. Their first kiss came out of the blue and I ended up rereading the lead up twice to see if I missed something that would turn the conversation from relatively mundane to this searing passion. Some of the scenes felt rushed and incomplete as they spent time together. Harry was the easiest to understand, but Selina baffled me almost as much as she did Harry. I loved seeing his rigid ways upended by the enigmatic Selina.Īs enjoyable as I find the concept, I think I just didn’t connect with the characters enough for this romance to really blow me away. While technically a part of the ton, unlike most second-born sons, Harry skips over purchasing a commission or becoming a man of the cloth and chooses to work within the justice system. Harry, a straight-laced gentleman that works for Bow Street, was an interesting character. I’m always excited when I see the potential for a criminal romanced by a lawman (a constable in this case)! Selina is a con-woman trying to support herself and her best friend while they work towards their respective goals. And when she holds the key to the one case he couldn’t solve, he must choose justice or love. Whatever his feelings for her, he can’t ignore who she is and who she’s been. With his busy career and aspirations for the future, Harry has no time for marriage, but an affair is just right-until he discovers the lady’s disarming secret. Only, Madame Sybila can’t be a chaperone, so Selina takes on another identity as the proper Lady Gresham. But when a Bow Street Runner takes too much of an interest in her business, it seems the crimes of her past will finally come to light.ĭetermined to prove that Madame Sybila is a fraud bent on fleecing London’s elite, Harry Sheffield enlists the help of the alluring Lady Gresham in exchange for introducing her to Society’s best. Genres: Fiction, Romance, Historical, Regency, VictorianĪ survivor of the mean streets of London’s East End, Selina Blackwell has learned to be a chameleon, and in her current iteration as a fortune-teller, she’s able to provide a Season for her sister.

Published by Darcy Burke Publishing on October 12, 2020

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