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"This is a fun tale"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted January 27, 2004

In 1813 London, James Cunningham trusts no one ever since his lady love Lavinnia Winchell kidnapped him to learn the names of the Liars Club members, troublemakers to her patron Napoleon. James feels guilty because he revealed those names and much of the group died. He seeks evidence Read more...

"Liar's Club series continues with this irresistible tale of seduction and masquerade."
Reviewed by Sabrina Marino
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted February 1, 2004

Phillipa Atwater finds herself alone and unsure of whom to trust when her father is taken from their home against his will. He thought to protect her by hiding her away inside a wall with a cryptic notebook. Phillipa makes her way to London, dons the clothes of a young Read more...

Summary

James Cunnington has a pressing mission at had: He must find the daughter of a missing code breaker for the Liar's Club, a man suspected of turning traitor for Napoleon. Time is of the utmost concern. While it is evident that his ward's new tutor has something to hide, James in unaware that the woman he seeks now resides under his very roof... Desperate and near destitute, Philippa Atwater must don gentleman's clothing to pass herself off as a scholarly young tutor. Her clever--if itchy--disguise allows her time to pursue her quest to find her father, ruthlessly abducted by French spies. Closely guarding the cryptic notebook he entrusted to her care, she sense danger all around her-- even in the home of her roguishly handsome new employer, James Cunnington. Now Philippa is about to discover that the desire can be as lethal as a well-aimed bullet...