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Loving her would be his downfall…
withdrawn, and endlessly fascinating. Yet as an integral part of London’s
underground spy ring intent on defeating Napoleon, Blackstone has no mistress
but the cause.
Miss Emily Mirren is considered “unbiddable” by the ton.
She wields a fierce intellect, which she channels into her own secret
cause—writing an abolitionist newspaper column under a male pseudonym.
When Emily’s aims clash with Blackstone’s, they stray into a dangerous game of
attraction and subterfuge, and secrets are the going currency. And in order to
complete the most important mission of his career, Blackstone must thwart
Emily, even if it breaks both their hearts.
My Review:
exchange for on honest review. I never heard of the author Jenny Holiday before
but the book description of this book sounded very good so I was excited to
start reading this book.
twenty three year old unmarried woman with a passion for books and writing.
Since it’s the early eighteen hundreds woman aren’t supposed to be emancipated
and writing column’s for a abolitionist newspaper. But Emily isn’t like other
woman of her time. This makes Emily Mirren unbiddable for marriage by most. But
Emily isn’t planning on getting married, she has her own plans in life.
He is mysterious and isn’t seen in social circles often. In fact Eric want’s
nothing to do with most people. He has only one goal, and that is to achieve a promise
he made many years ago. But when Emily and Eric meet they soon realize that
life doesn’t always go the way you planned and things may change in a short
time.
beginning. There seemed to be a lot of secrets and mystery in both Emily’s and
Eric’s life and at first I kept wondering which direction this book would take.
But after the first two chapters I began to love Jenny Holiday’s writing style
and her ability to describe her characters.
about it. ‘The Miss Mirren Mission’ is not your typical regency novel but it
definitely kept the essence of a regency story intact. Emily Mirren is an
amazing character. I loved the way she worked for her own money and her
independence and how she was able to take control of her life in a time woman weren’t
really allowed to do that. Emily is intelligent, at times really funny and very
curious about unknown things. I really came to love this character. The romance
between Emily and Eric is built in an great and intriguing way and I couldn’t stop
reading. It’s not a fast paced romance but that what I love about historical
romance.
enjoyed the way the author slowly reveals the characters secrets. There was
definitely a lot of mystery in this book and it made me anxious to read more
and more.
Another favorite for me, and I would definitely recommend it to other
(historical) romance, regency novel readers.
My Rating:
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About the Author:
awesome hippie teacher, between sessions of Pete Seeger singing and
anti-nuclear power plant letter writing, gave the kids notebooks and told them
to write stories. Most of Jenny’s featured poltergeist, alien invasions, or
serial killers who managed to murder everyone except her and her mom. She
showed early promise as a romance writer, though, because nearly every story
had a happy ending: fictional Jenny woke up to find that the story had been a
dream, and that her best friend, father, and sister had not, in fact, been
axe-murdered.
From then on, she was always writing, often in her diary, where she liked to
decorate her declarations of existential angst with nail polish teardrops.
Eventually she channeled her penchant for scribbling into a more useful format.
After picking up a PhD in urban geography, she became a professional writer,
spending many years promoting research at a major university, which allowed her
to become an armchair astronomer/historian/particle physicist, depending on the
day. Eventually, she decided to try her hand again at happy endings—minus the
bloodbaths.
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