If you like the Georgian period of English history, you'll love this book. All the intrigue, romance, and "swashbuckling" you'd ever want. Part of a series. Can't wait to get into book # 2. ( )

I enjoyed the plot & characters... but it could have been at least 100 pages shorter.

Most all single men are in lust w/ Isabella, who has no dowry except her body & looks, and they want to marry her. Isabella's mother is a harridan & known woman of vice, wants Isabella to marry Title & Money; her cousin Mrs Kean, a poor relation forced into service as a maid to Isabella's mother.

Gideon Viscount St. Mars, is on of her suitors. When visiting his father to tell him of his plans to engage Isabella a fearful argument breaks out & Gideon leaves.... After Gideon leaves, his father is murdered, but not before wounding his attacker.

Late that night, on his way to a ball (where he meets & befriends Mrs Kean), Gideon is attacked & wounded by a masked man... Gideon is then accused of murdering his father and a warrant for his arrest is published.

Gideon's cousin is then named as heir and he marries Isabella, while Gideon & Mrs Kean unmask the murderer.... but as there is no proof, Gideon must sneak away & remain hidden.

There was no concrete ending, the book leaves the reader hanging, thus insuring the author a series ( )