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A tale of daring and determination, set against the glamorous heights, and the harsh restrictions of aristocratic society in the middle years of the British nineteenth century." Sir Julian Fellowes Lady Mary Montagu Douglas Scott is the fiercely intelligent youngest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch. Mary has deliberately cultivated a mousey persona that allows her to remain overlooked and underestimated by all. It’s the perfect cover for a sleuth… This story is steeped in the mores and cultural restrictions of the aristocratic victorian age. Mary is the daughter of a duke, shy and frightened that her controlling father will orchestrate a marriage for her. Her mother, the duchess has taken over many of the practical aspects of running the dukedom to allow her dominating husband to work with Victoria and the politics of the time. It is at this party where Lady Mary also meets Colonel Walter Trefusis, a distinguished and extremely handsome war veteran. Tortured by memories of combat, Walter, like Mary, lives a double life, with a desk job in Whitehall providing a front for his role in the British Intelligence Service. The two form an unlikely alliance to solve a series of audacious crimes --- and indulge in a highly charged on-off romance. ARC provided by GoodReads in a give-away - A lot of the romance novels I read are either very modern or very Regency so imagine my delight to have this Victorian romance/mystery fall into my lap for a change. Then imagine my delight when it turned out to be really quite good! The characters, by and large, are likeable and interesting with the bulk of the focus rightfully on Mary and Tre. Even the side characters were fun - especially Lady Rolle.
If you loved Her Heart for a Compass, you will love A Most Intriguing Lady’ Sunday Times bestselling author Fern Britton It was written in collaboration with Mills & Boon regular Marguerite Kaye and they have paired up again for A Most Intriguing Lady, an historical romance-whodunnit hybrid. Despite the Duchess of York telling Town & Country magazine “this is going to make Fifty Shades of Grey just a walk in the park,” let me reassure those of a tender sensibility that although there is kissing, sighing and so forth it’s all splendidly vanilla – unless you misread the reference to delving inside the grouse butt. Good God! I don’t know what she told you and I’m not sure I want to, but whatever she has said, let me assure you, there is no such thing as risk-free lovemaking. I wish there were, as I mentioned in Yorkshire. It would have prevented a great deal of heartache and trouble in the army. We are playing with fire and I don’t want you to get burned.”
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Not this. Not us. Only in theory. She was very helpful! She says that a great many men and women would be much happier in matters of the bedroom if they had been well briefed before they entered it!” The plot, which is as fun as it is full of rich historical detail, follows Lady Mary as she dares to go against the grain, choosing not to settle for becoming just a wife, but seeks to find her equal. Enter Trefusis, who falls for Lady Mary almost immediately after meeting her - with a penchant for solving crimes and acting on a whim, Mary is a most intriguing lady, indeed!
I think you need to set your expectations correctly to enjoy this book - this isn't a true Mills & Boon, and it isn't really a romance. There is a lot of focus on the plot surrounding the hero and heroine, rather than their relationship with each other. However, I still had a really good time reading this! The crime solving was interesting, as was the plot line surrounding Mary's mother. A wonderful and colourful romance, well-researched, well-realised, and rich in historical detail. In short, another beguiling read from the Duchess of York’ A Most Intriguing Lady is Victorian romance and is the second book in the collaboration between Sarah Ferguson (the Duchess Of York) and Marguerite Kaye. Although this tale is easily a stand-alone story, it also loosely follows on from their first book. There is an attraction between Mary and Trefusis but neither is ready for marriage. Meeting on and off through the years the attraction is still there but it is only when Mary and Trefusis work together to recover stolen papers that the attraction and the love they share wins through. The story is broken into 4 parts; in the first Mary finds herself running a shooting party for her parents and has to handle a situation when one of the employees, a close friend, is accused of theft. It turns out that Mary is well suited to be an amateur sleuth. Parts two and three follow more cases where Mary and Tre work together to uncover a crime.That person was Lady Mary Montagu Douglas Scott, the youngest child of Queen Victoria’s close friends the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch. Bookish, fiercely intelligent, and a keen observer, Mary has deliberately cultivated a mousey persona that allows her to remain overlooked and significantly underestimated by all. It’s the perfect cover for a sleuth, a role she stumbles into when trying to assist a close friend during a house party hosted by her parents at their stately Scottish home, Drumlanrig Castle. Written with an incredible eye for detail of the historical setting, this wonderful romantic tale will earn your respect and keep you entertained’ Adele Parks Non mancheranno avventure piene di ritmo che, più di una volta, sembrano maggiormente adatte a un bel noir old England rispetto a un romance vittoriano.
But the upshot is that if you think you might enjoy A Most Intriguing Lady you absolutely will. Especially if you wish to be transformed towards the condition of the spirited yet woefully misunderstood Duchess who wrote it. Although the plot was not riveting I do get the vibe of authenticity as the Duchess of York has lived this life and it is captured in the setting’s beautifully. From Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, a sweeping, romantic compulsively enjoyable historical saga about a Duke’s daughter—the perfect Victorian lady—who secretly moonlights as an amateur sleuth for high society’s inner circle. A fantastic historical mystery with plenty of passion as you would expect from the Duchess of York. A triumph!" — Roma Downey OBE, actress, producer and New York Times bestselling author
Like Mary, he too lives a double life, and together they form unlikely alliance to solve a series of audacious crimes … Scandals, seduction and secrets… and one woman’s quest to uncover the truth. The most intriguing historical romance of 2023. Perfect for fans of Bridgerton. From Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, a sweeping, romantic compulsively readable historical saga about a Duke's daughter--the perfect Victorian lady--who secretly moonlights as an amateur sleuth for high society's inner circle.
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