The Marquess Meets His Match by Julie Coulter BellonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Source: Kindle Unlimited
Genre: Regency Romance
Book Description: Lord Christian Wolverton―known as Wolf in a covert group operating during the war against Napoleon―has been called home from his military duties. For the moment, his family responsibilities require him to suspend his more clandestine activities. But information falls into his hands that a traitor will soon try to tip the scales back into French favor and Christian doesn't have much time to stop it from happening.
Going to the one person who can help him, the powerful Duke of Huntingdon, Christian comes face to face with Lady Alice. She’s a beautiful member of the ton with a very big secret―she’s also a trained agent and already on the case. Forced to partner with her to lure the traitor out of hiding, Christian wants to quickly close the case himself, before Lady Alice is more closely involved. But Lady Alice has ideas of her own and she’s going to prove her theories correct―with or without him.
Danger is closer than they think, however, and it’s a race against time to expose the traitor’s identity before British lives are endangered. Both Christian and Alice have strong opinions on who he is, but which one will be proven right?
My thoughts: This book was a lot of fun to read. It is a Regency Romance with intrigue. A spy group is in danger of being exposed to the French. Two agents join forces to find the traitor who plans to sell them out. Of course, the agents are a man and a woman. It was great to see their interplay, growth of their relationship, and the general misunderstandings and mayhem that ensued.
The characters were wonderful. Alice is a poised Lady and uses her position to gather information that leaves the interrogated unaware of what they have revealed. It is truly a pleasure to see her at work. Her partner is "Wolf" an agent who served during the war and is known for his tracking ability. The two of them are talented and work well together. I loved the romantic tension between.
I am looking forward to reading more Regency novels from Julie Coulter Bellon!
The book contains mild kissing and non-graphic violence.
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About the Author: Julie Coulter Bellon is the author of nearly two dozen romantic suspense books. Her book All Fall Down won the RONE award for Best Suspense, Pocket Full of Posies won a RONE Honorable Mention for Best Suspense and The Captain was a RONE award finalist for Best Suspense. Most recently, her books The Capture and Second Look were both Whitney finalists for Best Suspense/Mystery.
Julie loves to travel and her favorite cities she's visited so far are probably Athens, Paris, Ottawa, and London. In her free time she loves to read, write, teach, watch HawaiiFive-O, and eat Canadian chocolate. Not necessarily in that order.
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