A Song Unheard by Roseanna M. White REVIEW

Summary:

Willa Forsythe is both a violin prodigy and top-notch thief, which makes her the perfect choice for a critical task at the outset of World War I--to secure a crucial cypher key from a famous violinist currently in Wales.

Lukas De Wilde has enjoyed the life of fame he's won--until now, when being recognized nearly gets him killed. Everyone wants the key to his father's work as a cryptologist. And Lukas fears that his mother and sister, who have vanished in the wake of the German invasion of Belgium, will pay the price. The only distraction he finds from his worry is in meeting the intriguing and talented Willa Forsythe.

But danger presses in from every side, and Willa knows what Lukas doesn't--that she must betray him and find the key, or her own family could pay the same price his surely has. 

My Thoughts:

When I first ordered this book, I didn't realize it was a sort of sequel to A Name Unknown, which I really enjoyed.

I really like Willa's character. She seems to have a very interesting past. The book does touch lightly on her past, but I would've loved to know more. Whenever a character has an interesting story, I seem to like the character even more. It would've been interesting to know a bit on how she met the people she calls her family.

I wasn't really fond of Lukas, I don't know why, but his character just wasn't that interesting to me. However, I did really like his sister. She was like one of those minor important characters that really stands out from the others.

I would recommend this book to those who like mystery/historical/spy books.

My Rating: 4.5 stars

**I received this book for free to review from Bethany House Publishers. Thank you!!!**

A Name Unknown by Roseanna M. White REVIEW

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!**