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Summary: Sensual, Sophisticated, and Funny
Review: This is a romance not only about grown-ups, but for them. I enjoyed reading about Harriet and Martin because they so enjoyed each other. My only complaint is that the writing seemed a bit stiff in the beginning, but once the story got going...wow!She's a spy. He's a diplomat. While posing as a governess, she's used him as cover for covert operations and has nearly been killed protecting him, though he doesn't know it. After several years of knowing "Abigail", Martin Kestrel asks her to marry him. She's says no. He's affronted when she runs off. She confesses to really being "Harriet" when he tracks her down at her family home on the Isle of Skye, and then the verbal fireworks really begin. These two know how to argue! Their conversations are the best part of the book. So's the sex. They were a pair of adults who liked each other as much as they loved and lusted and fought. They liked each other's company even when they were the most hurt and angry. They didn't act like a pair of spoiled kids having a Big Misunderstanding. The issues of trust, betrayal and duty over personal desire were very well explored, but somehow treated with a light hand as well. The author's style is fresh, witty and sophisticated. The plot is outrageous - featuring a family of spies, a high-handed, handsome lord of the manner, a heroine who is in no way intimidated by this overbearing man, and eccentric secondary characters (Mrs. Swift is a hoot). If this is the start of a series, I'm looking forward to the next adventure of the MacLeod clan.
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