Charming lovely historical romance. I adored these characters and Bradley writes so well. Great fun! ( )

Really more like 3.5. Definitely can't go 4 stars on this one. I really enjoyed the first in the series.I don't know what it was but the whole time reading this I just couldn't get what was going on. I found myself saying "huh?" and "wait.."One scene in particular finds the H/h at an inn and they're kinda quiet like and then BAM!! some dude comes flying through the window and lands right where he wants to! It was ninja type stealth but not. I was like "what the…." Then I started looking at my window, back at the book, back to the window trying to figure out how the hell someone could gracefully and powerfully fling themselves through a window and land EXACTLY where they wanted. *shakes head* But yes, this is romance and weird stuff happens but...Ahem. Well, enough said. The book totally confused me to the point I was thinking I had an ailment. ( )

If you like Spymaster Regency romances, you'll like this one, but the plot was too crazy with all the disguises, I like something a bit more straighforward and funnier - although this one had it's moments, but more of them were just kind of stupid and unbelievable (if that's possible in a romance!)

http://ktleyed.blogspot.com/2008/12/book-description-it-isnt-easy-moving.html ( )

The Impostor is the 2nd novel in the Liar's Club series of regency romances by Celeste Bradley. We met both Dalton and Clara in the first book in this series, The Pretender. I was very interested in Dalton and was pleased that his story was next.

Synopsis: Dalton Montmorency has a secret identity: he is the new leader of a group of spies known as the Liar's Club. His mission: to ferret out the mysterious cartoonist, Sir Thorogood, before his cartoons can cause any more political havoc. In an effort to flush the man out, Dalton puts on his tackiest waistcoat and his highest heels and enters society claiming to be the cartoonist himself. The widow Clara Simpson also has a secret identity: she is the real Sir Thorogood. And she's mightily annoyed at the dandified impostor. Pretending to be an uncouth simpering bimbo, she sets out to unmask him and prove him for a fraud.

This book is chock full of secret identities. Both hero and heroine assume many different identities as they make their way through the puzzling plot to find the truth. I think the author sets these multiple roles up as a way to allow the characters to display their many facets. Dalton is one of my favorite kinds of hero: very driven and completely emotionally closed off. But when he is posing as a common thief, he can open up a little and let himself express his feelings. Clara also experiences a kind of freedom when posing as a ballsy housemaid. She is free to explore the daring, passionate woman inside. It is when they are in these roles that they allow themselves to explore their feelings for one another. And when their myriad identities are at last revealed, each of them must reconcile these different facets with themselves and with the person they fell in love with. ( )

From BackCover:
RULE #2: NEVER LET YOURSELF BE SEDUCED.
He is a member of the Liar's Club, an elite group of renegade spies who work in the service of the Crown. His missions are difficult, dangerous, and undercover, requiring him to study his subject very, very intimately. And he is accustomed to always having his way—whether it's in work or play...

It isn't easy moving about Society dressed like a dandy—especially when one is a ruthless spy. But that's precisely the latest mission for Liar's Club agent Dalton Montmorency. Dalton is posing as Sir Thorogood, the elusive cartoonist whose scathing political caricatures have all of London abuzz. The true identity of Sir Thorogood is a mystery, and Dalton hopes that impersonating him will flush out the real menace before his cartoons do further damage to the Crown. Now, if Dalton could only fmd a way to get the irksome, yet oddly appealing, widow Clara Simpson off his trail...

When Clara meets Sir Thorogood at a ball, she's certain he is an impostor—because she's the true Sir Thorogood. Secretly penning the cartoons under the frothy nom de plume, Clara hopes to save enough money so that she can leave her in-laws and find a new residence. Now she is determined to reveal an impostor's identity—and that means doing some undercover work herself. But pretending to be someone you're not has a funny way of making a woman do things she wouldn't ordinarily dream of—even if it drives her straight into the arms of her devilishly handsome adversary! ( )