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A review by laura_cs
One Thing Leads to a Lover by Susanna Craig
5.0
A widow. A spy. A book in the wrong hands. What can we say? One thing leads to a lover...
Amanda Bartlett, the widowed Countess of Kingston, just wanted to get a book for her son's birthday. But after being bumped into on the street while leaving the bookshop, Amanda is surprised to find when she gets home that there has been a horrible mistake. Instead of the book on calculus, it's a French cookbook. Clearly, there was some misunderstanding. Or it had something to do with that stranger on the street. But now what?
Major Langley Stanhope, AKA the Magpie, can imitate just about anyone from any level of society. And it may just take all of his skills in order to infiltrate the Kingston residence and retrieve the codebook that ended up in the widow's hands. Then things get complicated. First, the book is further mislaid, then there is suspicion that the Countess and her sons will be targeted for having the book, which they no longer do. And then, of course, there is the fact that Stanhope finds himself attracted to Amanda. And that she is attracted to him... and she is bound and determined to help Stanhope in his mission.
First off, I cannot get enough of this series. It's got romance, of course, but also mystery and adventure and all the makings of a good spy story. And it's also got a spymaster who really seems to care more for match-making his spies than, you know, being a spymaster....
The second in the "Love and Let Spy" series, "One Thing Leads to a Lover" is a brilliant and fascinating and addictive historical fiction romance.
Amanda Bartlett, the widowed Countess of Kingston, just wanted to get a book for her son's birthday. But after being bumped into on the street while leaving the bookshop, Amanda is surprised to find when she gets home that there has been a horrible mistake. Instead of the book on calculus, it's a French cookbook. Clearly, there was some misunderstanding. Or it had something to do with that stranger on the street. But now what?
Major Langley Stanhope, AKA the Magpie, can imitate just about anyone from any level of society. And it may just take all of his skills in order to infiltrate the Kingston residence and retrieve the codebook that ended up in the widow's hands. Then things get complicated. First, the book is further mislaid, then there is suspicion that the Countess and her sons will be targeted for having the book, which they no longer do. And then, of course, there is the fact that Stanhope finds himself attracted to Amanda. And that she is attracted to him... and she is bound and determined to help Stanhope in his mission.
First off, I cannot get enough of this series. It's got romance, of course, but also mystery and adventure and all the makings of a good spy story. And it's also got a spymaster who really seems to care more for match-making his spies than, you know, being a spymaster....
The second in the "Love and Let Spy" series, "One Thing Leads to a Lover" is a brilliant and fascinating and addictive historical fiction romance.