Summary:
Rosemary Gresham has no family beyond the band of former urchins who helped her survive as a girl in the mean streets of London. Grown now, they are no longer pickpockets--instead they focus on high value items and have learned how to blend into upper-class society. Rosemary is beginning to question whether she can continue in this life when she's offered the challenge of a lifetime--determine whether a certain wealthy gentleman is loyal to Britain or to Germany. After all how does one steal a family's history, their very name?
As Europe moves ever closer to World War I, rumors swirl around Peter Holstein. Awkward and solitary, but with access to the king, many fear his influence. But Peter can't help his German last name and wants to prove his loyalty to the crown--so he can go back to anonymously writing a series of popular adventure novels. When Rosemary arrives on his doorstep pretending to be a well-credentialed historian, Peter believes she's the right person to help him dig through his family's past.
When danger and suspicion continue to mount, both realize they're in a race against time to discover the truth--about Peter's past and about the undeniable attraction kindling between them.
My Thoughts:
First, I'd like to correct the summary: Rosemary pretends to be a librarian, not a historian.
Next, I'd like to say how hard it was to put this book down: very hard.
At the beginning the story is interesting but then for a bit was boring; however it got very exciting later on.
What's funny is that Rosemary is there to prove him guilty of being loyal to Germany but actually ends up proving him innocent. And falling in love with him. And also marrying him.
Peter is trying very hard to hide the fact that he writes novels under a pen name because a lot of people hate him because they think he's guilty.
I will definitely look into reading more of this series when the next books come out.
My Rating: 5 stars
**I received this book from Bethany House Publishers for review. Thank you!**
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