** Spotlight**
Someone To Watch Over Me
Lady Sohia´s Lover
Worth any Price
Again The Magic
This series by Lisa Kleypas is a wondeful historical romance series with a touch of true facts behind the books. The Bow Street Runners actually existed back in good old England. In my opinion…the author did a great job on clashing the different kind of police with some naughty affairs. All four books were great, quick reads filled with men and women fighting for their rights, love and for the sake of happiness.
In reading order + publish dates:
Someone To Watch Over Me – May 1999
Lady Sophia´s Lover – June 2002
Worth any Price – Febuary 2003
Again The Magic – Febuary 2004
Someone To Watch Over Me ( book #1)
– This is the first installment in the Bow Street Runners series and also the mildest of all. The story is about a young beautiful woman who was rescued from the freezing Thames and suffered from memory loss. Everyone in London knows who the lost beauty is and they treat her the way anyone would a nobel prostitute. Even Grant Morgan, one of the best men on the Bow´Street Runners, recognized her and still took the fragile, dead looking beauty in his home and took care of her. Vivien Rose Duvall fights hard to remember what happened to her and who would want her dead, but comes up with nothing. Instead….she sees herself falling in love with Grant. Bits and pieces from her memory come slowly back, but her memories don´t match with her former reputation…..Will Grant believe she´s not the most loved and hated nobel prostitute in all London? Will both find the person who tried to kill her?
This book was kind of REALLY predictable…but still an enjoyable read.
Lady Sophia´s Lover ( book #2)
– I thought this book was much better than the first one was. There was more emotions in this book and more feisty moments. But still just a cute read. The events that happened in this story with Lady Sophia and Sir Ross Cannon ( chief of the Bow Street Runners) were slightly exciting but yet not enough for me to want to re-read the book. Lady Sophia had a dreadful life after her parents passed away. And after her brother left her as well….she was determained to keep herself alive and find the man who put her only family left behind bars. Sir Ross Cannon. Her plan was to get as close as she could to the bachelor and and crush him emotionally when the time was right. What she didn´t think about was falling in love him. After working for Ross Cannon, Sophia finds herself not wanting to ruin the guy more than he already was. Sophia succeeded in making Cannon fall head over heals in love with her, but now she was confused as to what she was supposed to do. Would Sophia drag Cannon through hell once again just so she can find some justice in life, or will she let herself love the kind and giving chief of the department?
There was one nice thing to see in this book: That was Grant Morgan. His role was small….but his character gave the story a nice touch…
Worth Any Price ( book #3)
– This book was the best of the Bow Street Runners series. It had so much spark to it and I found myself re-reading it a couple of times. This book was not only much much more emotional….but it was also written better. I wasn´t left with any questions regarding missing characters or such and that made this book perfect!
Nick Gentry was the most skillful lover in London and the surrounding area! He´s on a dead set mission until he bumps into Charlotte, a young lady who´s hiding from a man who wants nothing but her body. Of course, Charlotte tries to hide and finds herself in a much more tempting position with Nick. But their journey has just begun….Will they ever have a chance of being happy together? Can Charlotte drop her past and face a new life filled with love and happiness?
REALLY REALLY good book!!
Again The Magic ( book #4)
– This book was AMAZING! So sad and so utterly beautiful….Just the right amount of sorrow and happiness anyone could ever ask for. I thought this book didn´t really fit into the series, because there wasn´t anything that had to do with the Bow Street Runners. So I would rather consider this book the beginning of Lisa Kleypas´ following series. The only thing that linked this book to the series was Nick from book # 3 and after reading about him in this book….alot became more clear ( that just gave me another reason to re-read Worth Any Price all over again…lol)
Lady Aline Marsden had only one purpose in life. To marry a man from her own class, the upper crust. But as fate has it´s ways sometimes….Aline falls in love with her fathers servant, John McKenna. Once their love was revealed, John was sent away, far from Aline so they would never have a chance at love. Years later, John returns with the money, the looks and a mission to finally take revenge on the woman who stole his heart and tortured his soul for years. Aline. His plan to finish Aline emotionally off was all set until he found out the truth about his departure, and the truth of what had happened to Aline.
I was in TEARS while reading this book. Again The Magic was one of the few best romances I have ever read! It was devastating, superb, and so emotional, that I am terrified to read it again because I can´t go through all the pain and sorrow again. A truly magical story.
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