The Lady and the Spy

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Summary: A delightful older couple --
Review: Just as she has one character say to another in this terrific and enchanting book, "your goal is to entertain", the author heeds her own advice--in a truly superb manner.

This is the concluding book in a trilogy begun with THE FORTESCUE DIAMOND and continued into DeLACY'S ANGEL. Readers of these earlier books will not only be happy at becoming reacquainted with characters from them, but will delight in meeting several new and intriguing members of London society at the end of continental hostilities.

In this particular episode, we learn more about the Lady Serena Duchesne, who works hard to establish--and maintain--her reputation as an eccentric spinster. The daughter of a Duke, she also has a secret which she guards diligently. She is the anonymous author of several daring novels, written for and about the snobbish ton she knows so well.

Enter Mr. John Macy, "Gentleman" who arrives for the Season with impeccable letters of introduction. A retired master spy, the world of intrigue and danger threatens to reclaim him, if his interest in Lady Serena doesn't bring him down first.

This unlikely, but totally charming and slightly older couple combine their sharp intelligence to bring about several happy endings, but what else would one expect from an author who is positively a spell-binding storyteller and writer?