A Necessary Deception (The Daughters of Bainbridge House, #1)

by Laurie Alice Eakes

When young widow Lady Lydia Gale helps a French prisoner obtain parole, she never dreamed he would turn up in her parlor. But just as the London Season is getting under way, there he is, along with a few other questionable personages. While she should be focused on helping her headstrong younger sister prepare for her entre into London society, Lady Gale finds herself preoccupied with the mysterious Frenchman. Is he a spy or a suitor? Can she trust him? Or is she putting her family in danger?

Readers will enjoy being drawn into this world of elegance and intrigue, balls and masquerades. Author Laurie Alice Eakes whisks readers through the drawing rooms of London amid the sound of rustling gowns on this exciting quest to let the past stay in the past and let love guide the future.

• ISBN10: 1441234101
• ISBN13: 9781441234100
• Publish Date: 1 October 2011
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Fleming H. Revell Company
• Format: eBook
• Pages: 352
• Language: English

Reviews

[cherryblossommj]

While my introduction to the creative writing of new-to-me author Laurie Alice Eakes was in the first Midwives novel [b:Lady in the Mist|10385383|Lady in the Mist (The Midwives #1)|Laurie Alice Eakes|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51czvQgihcL._SL75_.jpg|12921397]. I knew that I would be excited to read more from her in the future. While I’m uber eager to read the next Midwives novel, [b:Heart's Safe Passage: A Novel|11547857|Heart's Safe Passage A Novel|Laurie Alice Eakes|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1310425295s/11547857.jpg|16487640], it was a treat to have an interlude with another new series, this one a regency.

Her characters are strong and the romance and intrigue are in perfect tandem. Regency novels are one of the time periods that truly grow on me, and this was well done and obviously researched. Laurie knows here stuff. Lydia is an interested character, but it was truly Christien that pulls me in and kept my hand turning the pages for more.

*Thanks to Revell Books for providing a copy for review*

“Available October 2011 at your favorite bookseller from Revell,
a division of Baker Publishing Group.”



Originally posted: http://creativemadnessmama.com/blog/2011/10/22/a-necessary-deception-by-laurie-alice-eakes/