The Spy's Reward Mass market paperbound - 2006

There are many excellent historical romances written about the Regency Period, Napolean and Waterloo. This is not one of them. I kept turning the pages quickly, not because I was enthralled with the story, but waiting for something, anything to happen. There is also no passion. A definite zero on the sensual scale. I was definitely disappointed; not only in the story, but with the characters. Meyer could have been a hero, but gave into Abigail's disgust for war. I came away thinking, the one act she did not want him to do, that disgusted her so, could have saved thousands of lives. Her high and mighty manner when she herself was someone who should not throw stones did not endear me to her as a heroine. The side love story of her spoiled daughter Diana and Meyer's nephew Anthony is even more disappointing. It makes a reader wonder if maybe this was a loose outline for a novel. The main family being prominent Jewish bankers was loosely woven in the story. Nothing like the powerful Kira family in the Bertrice Small Skye O'Malley Series. Reading the back cover, I really was looking forward to a story about one of my favorite periods of history. Oh well... Sigh :(

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