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"This Victorian romantic mystery is wonderful"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted December 23, 2004
In London, though frightened, Acadian Louisiana resident
Isabella Dandoneau visits Lord Barrett Stanbridge to offer
him a deal he cannot refuse. Barrett stands accused of
killing Isabella's cousin Mignon Richard, who he had a
brief but intimate relationship with until she was
murdered; Isabella believes he is innocent and Read more...
"Satisfying addition to the Perfect series."
Reviewed by Suan Wilson
Posted January 10, 2005
Isabella Dandaneau arrives in London from New Orleans
following her wayward cousin, Mignon, who was in search of
her inheritance. Mignon and Isabella each inherited half a
treasure map. Mignon refuses to work with her cousin;
instead, she strikes out on her own only to be murdered at
her new Read more...
SummaryBarrett Stanbridge has a lovely home in one of London's
best neighborhoods, great friends, a thriving private
investigation business, and feminine companionship whenever
it's convenient. The shadows of his past have been accepted
and neatly put away. In short, he's a man really quite
content with the structure and direction of his
deliberately solitary life. Being accused of the murder of
a beautiful woman changes everything.
The daring Isabella Dandaneau, a widow, has left America
and the memories of a less-than-happy marriage behind in
order to find her fortune in England. With half of a
pirate's treasure map in hand, she's arrived in London,
determined to find her cousin--and the other half of the
map--and better her financial lot in life. Only she has
been murdered and the devilishly handsome, Barrett
Stanbridge stands accused of her murder. But it takes only
one look at the rogue for Isabella to know, not only is
this a man who could have never killed her cousin, but that
he also sets her blood on fire the way no man ever has. And
it's not long before she realizes that falling in love
changes everything.
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