A Captivatingly Spicy and Thrilling Historic Romance!
The Secret Lifetime of a Girl
Historic Romance, Victorian Romance, Historic Thriller Romance
Boldwood Books
June 14, 2024
e book, paperback, audiobook
278
The primary in a BRAND NEW spicy historic romance collection, that includes a forged of lethal damsels!
By no means Underestimate a wallflower!
Girl Hannah Simmons is a quintessential wallflower, unassuming, dowdy but ignored by most. However beneath her plain exterior, Hannah is hiding an exciting secret! Unbeknownst to the remainder of the ton, she is Queen Victoria’s main femme fatale, slipping unnoticed via the streets of London and listening to scandalous whispers from lords and girls. However with daggers in her stockings and pistols in her pockets, Hannah’s mission is to apprehend a lethal killer.
Personal Investigator to the Prime Minister, broken, but devastatingly good-looking ex-war hero Duke Robert Killian at all times places responsibility first. Nevertheless, when he finds himself competing with the intriguing Girl Hannah on the identical daring activity, his blood boils with frustration – and want! Is it attainable to seduce this vexing lady whose not afraid to place herself at risk and obtain the higher hand?
Hannah enjoys Killian’s makes an attempt to distract and tempt her, however she has by no means confronted an adversary she couldn’t overthrow. And Killian has by no means met a problem he couldn’t conquer…till now. The gauntlet has been thrown, can they end their jobs and resist the temptation?
Preserve your mates shut…and your enemies even nearer!
‘All creatures deserve love, Hannah. And no lady ought to really feel disgrace for her wishes. Males actually don’t.’
I couldn’t put down The Secret Lifetime of a Girl— a brand new launch from Darcy McGuire. Equal elements historic romance and romantic suspense, The Secret Lifetime of a Girl follows Hannah Simmons, a wallflower by day and the Queen’s investigator by evening, as she races Robert Killian, a Duke of the peerage, to seek out the killer behind a string of useless girls in caskets.
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Hannah is a singular lady. Beneath the patronage of a Duchess, Hannah has been educated within the arts of hand-to-hand fight in addition to using knives, pistols, and using pressure by any means essential. All of which is useful for her investigations. What Hannah doesn’t depend on is that Robert Killian can be assigned this identical case by the Prime Minister. Decided to outwit Killian, Hannah is relentless, displaying up at each flip and inflicting Killian numerous sleepless nights.
A girl steeped in her personal darkness may perceive his.
Unused to being thwarted in his personal investigation, Killian is equally decided to return out on high. Pushed by an unhealthy want for perfection, Killian is haunted by his previous as a part of the navy. He additionally sees that working along with Hannah may very well be as efficient—even when he’s inexplicably drawn to the foul-mouthed wallflower.
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When Hannah and Killian (reluctantly on her half) group up, The Secret Lifetime of a Girl really begins to hit its stride. I actually felt for Hannah, as a result of for as a lot as she’s been educated as an efficient femme fatale, she’s woefully resigned to being a lowly wallflower for the remainder of her days: no husband, no prospects, and dowdy attire for the unforeseeable future. After all, she can not resist Killian, nor can he resist Hannah. Their pretend relationship for the good thing about the investigation is threatened by every of them catching actual emotions. And what pretend relationship could be full with out some classes within the bed room? *swoon*
‘I’d moderately be destroyed by her than reside with anybody else.’
The Secret Lifetime of a Girl is totally unputdownable. As soon as the investigation plot reached its pinnacle, I couldn’t learn quick sufficient. Darcy McGuire’s storytelling is quick paced, brilliantly quippy, and effortlessly addicting. I adored attending to know the again tales of each Hannah and Killian and equally cherished how they so rigorously cherished the harm that the opposite shared. The Secret Lifetime of a Girl is an beautiful historic romance and one I whole-heartedly advocate!
Jes is a self-proclaimed bookworm, who just lately moved from the PNW again to the Midwest. When her nostril isn’t in a guide, she’s spending time along with her husband, two children, and her three fur infants, or exploring the globe. She additionally firmly believes that you must begin the day with espresso, and finish the day in mattress with an excellent guide.
