A Most Intriguing Lady: The instant Sunday Times bestseller! The most captivating historical romance of intrigue and scandal for 2023

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Overall though, I had a fun time reading this, and would recommend you pick it up when it is released on 30th March 2023. Please Note: By their very nature, all signed books will have been handled several times before they get to you.

Missing jewels adds a mystery element and possibly just a thread to highlight that female detectives were operating in the period. But in the country houses of the elite, gentleman burglars, art thieves and con men preyed on the rich and titled. While the time period is not necessarily known (to me) for women empowerment or feminist leanings, Lady Mary’s feelings and worries did not feel at all anachronistic, and I could readily identify with her.

While it’s certainly a big relief to have that cleared up, I can prevaricate no longer; time to assess the merits of A Most Intriguing Lady. Pacy, romantic, and fun, A Most Intriguing Lady documents one remarkable woman’s ability to be both the perfect lady, and a perfectly talented detective. Lady Mary appears to be shy and retiring, and the story begins when she has escaped from the formal dining room in the Scottish castle. Non mancheranno avventure piene di ritmo che, più di una volta, sembrano maggiormente adatte a un bel noir old England rispetto a un romance vittoriano.

Lady Mary, the youngest daughter of Buccleuch family, is feeling lost and without purpose when she discovers a hidden talent - solving domestic crimes with subtlety.Although the plot was not riveting I do get the vibe of authenticity as the Duchess of York has lived this life and it is captured in the setting’s beautifully. I failed to read further as the characters were not introduced with enough depth and neither was the plot . Mary is able to help solve several mysteries--an allegedly stolen brooch, and some embezzled funds--and would like to continue being useful and using her talents. Mary and her unconventional ideas were excellent, and I loved how she kept fighting to define what it was she wanted/was looking for in life (and love). A lady detective, and a spymaster, set in the Victorian era, where feminism is just starting to emerge.

With Lady Mary’s great observation skills and Tre’s connections they go on a journey solving crimes of stolen money, jewellery and documents. I'm moving on to something else that will hopefully be a better fit for my interests and character preferences. Big names garner headlines and Ferguson’s debut Her Heart for a Compass, which featured the Titian-haired, befreckled beauty Lady Margaret Montagu Douglas Scott (any resemblance to the author entirely deliberate), was a surprise bestseller in 2021.Unnoticed amongst the ballrooms of grand houses, Mary uncovers stolen jewellery, missing money, and saves reputations. But in the country houses of the elite, gentleman burglars, art thieves and con-men prey on the rich and titled. This is the second book in the series, by Sarah Ferguson and Marguerite Kaye, but is a standalone story the first being about Mary’s older sister Margaret.

The two form an unlikely alliance to solve a series of audacious crimes—and indulge in a highly charged on-off romance. I'm a fan of Miss Scarlet and the Duke and was hoping for something in a similar vein, but was sorely disappointed. I wish I had read the author’s historical note at the back first as it clarified the background in a combined fictional and real story.Pacy, romantic, and fun, A Most Intriguing Lady documents one remarkable woman’s ability to be both the perfect lady, and a perfectly talented detective. Especially if you wish to be transformed towards the condition of the spirited yet woefully misunderstood Duchess who wrote it.