... another Diener gift!
A Dangerous Madness (Regency London #3) by Michelle Diener London, May 1812: Political intrigue, the assassination of the Prime Minister, treachery in high places, a broken engagement and a fiancé fled abroard. Two people will become involved. Miss Phoebe Hillier, the jilted fiancé, and James the Duke of Whittaker. Whitehall is looking for culprits in the upper echelons of society and James is their man sent to find out the truth. Are there others pulling the strings, orchestrating events, or did the man, John Bellingham simply do it by himself. I was caught up in the mystery by the third page and well and truly hooked by the time Phoebe and Whittaker met and interacted. Phoebe, our wealthy heiress is unexpected. Seemingly tractable, she is actually delightfully strong and intelligent, a woman of her times who bowed down to the inevitable force of family and duty. With her fiancé fled her world is beginning to unravel in interesting ways. Time for her t...