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"Entertaining Victorian romance"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted December 18, 2004

Sidonie Saint-Godard learned her self-sufficiency in France so to have to buckle up her independence due to London society norms feels like a strait jacket. Still to earn money, she teaches deportment to the inane daughters of the upward thrusting nouveau riche. In the evening she is the Read more...

"An excellent romance loaded with adventure."
Reviewed by Suan Wilson
Posted January 10, 2005

Sidonie Saint-Godard refuses to follow her late mother's example as the mistress to a powerful man. Instead, Sidonie eloped at 17 with a rogue and lived an adventurous life on the high seas for 10 years until her husband died. On a tight budget, Sidonie returns to London and teaches Read more...

Summary

Liz Carlyle, bestselling author of The Devil You Know and A Deal With the Devil, continues her devilish streak with this sensual regency romance. By day, Sidonie Saint-Godard is a quietly elegant young widow who teaches deportment to the unpolished daughters of London's nouveau riche. By night, she is someone altogether different.... The notorious Black Angel -- so called for her lusciously located angel tattoo -- ruthlessly takes from powerful men who exploit, and gives to those who suffer at their hands. Always in disguise, she has eluded capture and her identity remains a mystery.... The Marquess of Devellyn, one of the least noble noblemen in town, uses and discards women as he pleases. But when the Black Angel entices him into her bed, ties him up, and pilfers his most valued possession, she may have gone too far. This time, Devellyn tells her, she'll have the devil to pay. And he definitely means to collect.