When I was reading it I felt very involved and the story had an emotional tenseness not found in a lot of books. This book took a long time for me to finish and I don' t really know why. This constitutes as very high praise from me. There were times when I was reading this story that the author' s writing style made me think of Connie Brockway and faintly of Marsha Canham (but without the historical detail). The romance field is starting to be over saturated with regency romance stories if you ask me writers or publishing companies seem to have forgotten there are other historical time periods out there people wouldn' t mind reading about. This book was infused with intelligent humor and it was a treat to read a fresh, new view on regency romance stories. I personally enjoyed the underbelly of human psyche aspect of the book. This story definitely had a darker tone and may not be for everyone. The author' s writing was very intense and spectacular. There were a lot of insightful and very thought provoking comments in that conversation. I really felt for both of them and could see both sides of the argument. Incredible mother/daughter conversation in the first chapter. And the greatest threat they face may not be traitors or murderous conspiracies, but their own dark desires. But as the beauty and the spy match wits in a dangerous dance, their practiced masks begin to slip, revealing a perilous attraction. IN LIVES BUILT ON LIES, LOVE IS THE DARKEST SECRET OF ALL.ĭeception has ruled Mina’s life just as it has Phin’s. When he learns that Mina needs his aid, honor forces him back into the world of his nightmares. But memories of the woman who saved him won't let Phin go. A British spy, Phin Granville has no interest in emotional entanglements.until the night Mina saves his life by gambling her own.įour years later, Phin inherits a title that frees him from the bloody game of espionage. But Mina’s wouldbe hero is playing his own deceptive game.

To save herself from an unwanted marriage, she turns her wiles on a darkly handsome stranger. Beauty, charm, wealthy admirers: Mina Masters enjoys every luxury but freedom.

Sweetest Regret by Meredith Duran