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A review by itsokfromspace
In the Heart of the Highlander by Maggie Robinson
4.0
This is the second book in the "Ladies Unlaced" series and we meet Mrs. Evensong again, proprietor of the Evensong agency. I thought Mrs. Evensong was a very mysterious character in the first book and glad to see she has her own story. We find out that she has a rather large secret. She's been posing like her elderly sickly aunt in full wig and spectacles. Her latest client is Lord Raeburn, a Scottish fellow who's been rumored to have killed his very young, but distant wife. Her task is to entrap the doctor Raeburn believed seduced his wife and played a part in her death. Mrs. Evensong, having lost most of her youth to working for her brother in his grocery store and an ardent babysitter to his kids, never went to ballrooms and was never courted, heck she's never had an adventure of her own. She decides to take this case for herself. She's to pose as a new patient of the doctor and uncover his deeds by being found in a compromising position. This will vindicate Raeburn and hopefully alleviate some of the alienation from society.
Like the previous in the series, the heroine is a strong willed and doesn't pity herself. In fact, she becomes the seducer. She thinks that at 29 she'll never get married nor have a suitor. She proposes that after her mission is done Raeburn take her to his manor and thoroughly take her innocence so that she knows what's like, but without emotional entanglements (but we all know how that will be out).
I liked the execution and pacing of this book than the first. I found the first one to be a weird mix of humor and seriousness like it wanted to have both, but didn't jive well. This one doesn't have the same hijinxs, but a different tone than the first.
And I thought it ended a little abruptly. A little more of their HEA would of been nice. Oh well, I still liked it.
After reading this one I wasn't too sure who the next book will be focused on. Maybe raeburn's brother?
Like the previous in the series, the heroine is a strong willed and doesn't pity herself. In fact, she becomes the seducer. She thinks that at 29 she'll never get married nor have a suitor. She proposes that after her mission is done Raeburn take her to his manor and thoroughly take her innocence so that she knows what's like, but without emotional entanglements (but we all know how that will be out).
I liked the execution and pacing of this book than the first. I found the first one to be a weird mix of humor and seriousness like it wanted to have both, but didn't jive well. This one doesn't have the same hijinxs, but a different tone than the first.
And I thought it ended a little abruptly. A little more of their HEA would of been nice. Oh well, I still liked it.
After reading this one I wasn't too sure who the next book will be focused on. Maybe raeburn's brother?