"Liar's Club series continues with this irresistible tale of seduction and masquerade."

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 man and takes the job of tutor in the home of handsome James Cunnington.

James is a spy from The Liar's Club, a skilled saboteur serving the Crown. He's searching for the daughter of a man they think has turned traitor and now works for Napoleon. He hires "Phillip" as his ward's tutor, but almost from the start, he fears Phillip is hiding something. However, he discovers it's easy to confide his personal fears to the young "man" and enjoys his company.

Once James discovers Phillipa's secret, she's held captive while the spies of The Liar's Club determine her role in her father's defection. James feels guilty for the death of some comrades and strives to redeem himself. Phillipa wants to establish her father's innocence while proving to James that he is worthy of love.

Phillipa is drawn to James, fulfilling his greatest fantasy of the perfect woman through the perfect seduction while still masquerading as Phillip. Ms. Bradley entertains readers with a hero and heroine who banter and feed each other with charming dialog as "man" to man and seductive lovemaking as woman to man. THE SPY is irresistible.

Reviewed by Sabrina Marino
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted February 1, 2004

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...