Welcome once again to Duck Chat!
Today is going to be a very fun day. We have Meredith Duran in the house!

Besides being a romance author, Meredith is a doctoral student in anthropology, loves doing field work in such places as India and browsing through library travelogues written by Nineteenth Century Englishwomen. British history is a [...]

Lynne Connolly’s review of The Spymaster’s Lady (The Spymaster Series) by Joanna Bourne
Historical romantic suspense released by Berkley 2 Jan 08
Annique Villiers is a spy for Napoleon’s France, but recent changes in the way her country operates and changes in her personal circumstances have made her more wary of her masters. She is in possession [...]

Lawson’s review of My Lord and Spymaster (The Spymaster Series, Book 2) by Joanna Bourne
Historical romance released by Berkley Sensation 1 Jul 08
With many words of praise for The Spymaster’s Lady, Bourne’s second book this year, My Lord and Spymaster, matches Lady in terms of characterization, style and use of dialogue. What’s different [...]

Gwen’s review of The Spymaster’s Lady (The Spymasters, Book 1) by Joanna Bourne
Historical romance released 2 Jan 08 by Berkley
To say that the dialog in this book was “clever” is to say that Paris is “pretty”. Paris is Beautiful and this book’s dialog is more than Clever – it’s downright Brilliant. It was [...]

The ever delightful Jo Bourne was kind enough to provide TGTBTU a pond exclusive excerpt to her much anticipated novel The Spymaster’s Lady (in November 2007). Sadly it was never posted and I know you have all bought this book already and most of you loved it.
After reading Lawson’s recent review I remembered just [...]

Lawson’s review of The Spymaster’s Lady (The Spymasters, Book 1) by Joanna Bourne
Historical romance released 2 Jan 08 by Berkley
There was a lot of hype surrounding The Spymaster’s Lady and I wasn’t really interested in reading it because I was afraid it wouldn’t live up to expectations. I was pleasantly surprised by the story, the [...]