Historical Romance published by St Martin’s Paperbacks 29 Dec 20
A Russian princess hiding in Covent Garden as plain Anna Brown, companion to a noblewoman, doing good deeds, and kissing strange men in her spare time. Sebastian Wolff, Earl of Mowbray, who is hunting down Russian spies and looking for a Russian connection to help him in his endeavors. Is this match made in heaven?
Wolff first encounters the beauteous Anna in a brothel and is compelled to kiss her and offer an exorbitant sum for one night with her. As it happens, Anna is only doing good deeds for her neighbor by teaching the girls to read and write and is whisked out of sight but certainly not out of mind. His next encounter is when he chases down highwaymen holding his aunt’s carriage hostage as they try to kidnap Anna. Now whisked behind the safety of the gambling den he runs, she becomes his Russian connection, helping him taste vodka and create Russian menus to entice the Russian delegation to his club, all while sampling his delicious kisses.
Someone has certainly discovered Anna’s secrets and soon she finds herself in her rightful princess role, being sponsored by his aunt and feted by the town. Her old nemesis, who originally caused her to flee and disguise herself, is on the hunt, determined to capture and marry Anna, both to keep his secrets and to access her immense fortune. Wolff and his friends need to be at the top of their game to keep her safe.
This is a delicious story, well paced and entertaining.
Grade: B
Summary:
In The Princess and the Rogue, Bow Street agent Sebastien Wolff, Earl of Mowbray, doesn’t believe in love—until a passionate kiss with a beautiful stranger in a brothel forces him to reconsider. When the mysterious woman is linked to an intrigue involving a missing Russian princess, however, Seb realizes her air of innocence was too good to be true.
Princess Anastasia Denisova has been hiding in London as plain ‘Anna Brown’. With a dangerous traitor hot on her trail, her best option is to accept Wolff’s offer of protection—and accommodation—at his gambling hell. But living in such close quarters, and aiding Wolff in his Bow Street cases, fans the flames of their mutual attraction. If Anya’s true identity is revealed, does their romance stand a chance? Could a princess ever marry a rogue?
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