A review by emilyn
The Forbidden Rose by Joanna Bourne

4.0

Marguerite de Fleurignac is an aristocrat living in Revolutionary France. She orchestrates a network of people who smuggle the condemned out of the country before they are sent to the guillotine. When she is betrayed, she goes into hiding until she can return to Paris to find her father and continue her efforts to smuggle people out of France.

William Doyle is an English spy sent to France to find a list, created by Marguerite's father, of English military men who are being assassinated. When William meets Marguerite, he sees his opportunity to get to her father and offers to escort her to Paris.

The relationship between Marguerite and William was a pleasure to watch unfold. They are both such strong, uncompromising characters, which was a nice change from some of the romances I have read recently. The romance was on the steamier side.