Lady Elizabeth Banning, the youngest and most headstrong of the three Banning sisters, is a shameless, hardened flirt with a reputation for jilting fiancés. Perhaps she is reluctant to marry due to her father’s appalling treatment of his wives and daughters, or perhaps because she’s headstrong and likes to do as she pleases. When a mysterious man helps extricate Beth from a potentially scandalous situation that arises after she throws over another fiancé, Beth doesn’t realise she has become a weapon government-sanctioned assassin Neil Severin can use against her brother-in-law Hugh, the Duke of Richmond. A member of the War Office who has determined that Neil is a menace to society and must be taken out, Hugh is the only person who knows Neil’s true identity as the Marquis of Durham. If Neil kills Hugh before Hugh and the War Office kill him, he can re-assume his identity as a nobleman with no one the wiser about his bloody but patriotic past.
When Neil attempts to abduct Beth in order to force a confrontation with Hugh, one of her angry jilted fiancés beats him to it. As Neil rescues Beth from a medieval fortress on the Scottish border where depraved aristocrats purchase doxies, he and Beth weather many adventures and fall in love. Clever Beth comes up with a way of negating the official death sentence against Neil.
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Sexual Content - 3/5
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Violence - 2/5
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Language - 1/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 1/5
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Summary
Overall The book started off very well with lots of action within the first couple chapters. I liked that Lady Elizabeth was taking care of herself when handling her
former fiancé. She kept her wits about her knowing she was not going to allow him to force her into a marriage. I was surprised when Neil enters the scene. You don’t realize he has been in the scene. I enjoyed that Neil was an assassin and kept his character throughout the book. Elizabeth was a strong enough character to handle that. I also liked the scene where he is planning to kidnap her and his plans go awry. The action and adventure pick up as Neil tries to save the ladies from the sex slave ring. I felt it slowed a little after that. The ending was a tad anti climatic. Maybe if I had read the first two books I would have understood Elizabeth’s fear of marriage better. Otherwise the book stands alone although part of a series.
Violence Lady Elizabeth is kidnapped and sold into a sex slave ring. Neil is an assassin. He kills a couple people in the book. Nothing I found disturbing. There are
not graphic details about the killings.
Language I think there were a few uses of profanity.
Sexual Two major scenes. Well written; nothing I found distasteful.
Drug & Alcohol There was wine at the balls.