Scarlet Spy

Only read the first 25 pages.

I can usually tell if I'll enjoy a book within the first couple chapters. With this one, I had to struggle to give the first 25 pages a chance. What I read of it just seemed silly and the writing was too confoluted. Maybe I should have given it a chance but it just didn't feel like it would be worth it.

The Scarlet Spy

Interesting plotline. Different from any other historical romances available currently. This is the third book in the series. I love the idea that the women are just as good as shooting, riding and manipulations as they are at dancing, conversation and beauty.

Entertaining...

The Scarlet Spy
Andrea Pickens
ISBN-0-446-61801-2
Grand Central Publishing
Hachette Book Group
October 2008
Review by Laura for Reviewyourbook.com
4 stars
Entertaining¿
The Scarlet Spy by Andrea Pickens is the third book in a trilogy about a school for young ladies set in the Regency time period. This school takes orphan girls off the streets of London and teaches them the art of spying. I have not had the opportunity to read either of the other books, but I found this one to be entertaining. It took me several chapters to become truly interested, and, at times, I found it to be predictable; nonetheless, I did enjoy the read and found the last chapters to be true sit-in-your-seat page turners. I definitely recommend it to fans of historical romance and will put this author on my list of preferred authors.

The latest marvelous Merlin's Maidens¿ spy Regency romantic spy suspense thriller

Taken from the slums, Sofia receives her specialized training as a charming aristocratic lady and in all types of combat at Mrs. Merlin¿s Academy for Select Young Women. Deemed ready for her first consignment, Sofia is assigned the difficult job of exposing traitors amongst the elite of the Ton. She arrives in London posing as an Italian countess.------------- Sofia believes her undercover assignment will prove easy until she meets Lord Deverill Osborne. He suspects her motives while she knows he is observing her every move. However, neither is aware they are working the same mission. Complicating their spy vs. spy activity is their unwanted desire for one another which could leave both exposed to the seditious group they need to expose.-------------- The latest marvelous Merlin's Maidens¿ spy Regency romantic spy suspense thriller (see SEDUCED BY A SPY and THE SPY WORE SILK) is an excellent entry as Sofia proves you can take the girl out of the London's slums and turn her into My Fair spy. Fans will enjoy this fine caper as the two espionage agents are on to one another in several ways. Andrea Pickens is a sure pick for anyone who enjoys an action-packed historical suspense.----------------- Harriet Klausner

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