A Regency Murder Mystery & Romance
Anya Wylde
Amazon Digital Services,
Inc.
August 2012 / ASIN: B008UWBJB4
Romantic mystery
Amazon
Reviewed
by Cheryl Green
Regency romance
that offered a mystery to boot - two of my favorite genres rolled
into one – how could I go wrong? It all started when Emma
Grey got engaged to Lord Richard Hamilton. Of course her rich and
powerful relative the Duke of Arden wanted them to wait a year to
marry. Emma thought the Duke to be the smartest man she knew. This
started the argument with her fiancé and a plan was formed
and a wager made.
Richard would disguise himself and get hired as the Duke’s
head gardener to be near his beloved who would be staying with the
Duke and his family for an undetermined length of time. If he went
undetected for a month he would win the wager – if not Emma
would be the winner. Emma would have to find ways to elude her cousin
Catherine and the chaperone Lady Babbage in order to meet for secret
trysts. Throw in a visit from the obnoxious Barker family and add
a murder, some screwball schemes and you have one delightful read.
Things to ponder
– will Prudence’s hairdo be the next hairstyle that
we see on Lady Gaga? What exactly is the Duke’s investigator
looking into? Will Lady Babbage ever finish one of her needle projects?
This is one
delicious romp of a read. There are actual laugh out loud parts
– which I had to curtail as I was reading it at work during
my lunch hour. I loved the characters and the crazy plots twists
that kept popping up. Just when you thought you knew what was going
on, there was another turn. We all know I love a good red herring
and Ms. Wylde thoughtfully provided them. I hope that Ms. Wylde
is writing away so that I can have another delectable book to read
soon. If you are a fan of Regency romance with a dash of mystery
thrown in –then The Wicked Wager is the book for
you.
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