A year and half. That's how long it's been since I did one of these.
I finally pulled my head out of my ass and a little slip of paper out of the jar.
So, here we go.
A Heartless Design
(Secrets of the Zodiac #1)
by Elizabeth Cole
An enigmatic woman, a determined spy, and a love that could shake the foundations of Europe...
"Heartless" Cordelia Bering refuses every marriage offer she receives. Yet men still try to win her, drawn by her sharp wit and intoxicating green eyes. But Cordelia knows a marriage could reveal her deepest secret and truly endanger her life. Besides, she hasn't met a man worth considering, until...
Sebastien Thorne, a spy in the service of Crown. One of the elite agents in the group known as the Zodiac, he comes to London determined to solve a mystery with roots on the Continent. He won't let anything distract him. But is Cordelia a distraction, or the key to the mystery? As he learns more about the "heartless" woman, he becomes embroiled in secrets, plots, and a design that could change the future...and Cordelia is at the center of it all.
A Heartless Design is the first book in the Secrets of the Zodiac, a series that blends romantic suspense with the rich background of the Regency period.
An enigmatic woman, a determined spy, and a love that could shake the foundations of Europe...
"Heartless" Cordelia Bering refuses every marriage offer she receives. Yet men still try to win her, drawn by her sharp wit and intoxicating green eyes. But Cordelia knows a marriage could reveal her deepest secret and truly endanger her life. Besides, she hasn't met a man worth considering, until...
Sebastien Thorne, a spy in the service of Crown. One of the elite agents in the group known as the Zodiac, he comes to London determined to solve a mystery with roots on the Continent. He won't let anything distract him. But is Cordelia a distraction, or the key to the mystery? As he learns more about the "heartless" woman, he becomes embroiled in secrets, plots, and a design that could change the future...and Cordelia is at the center of it all.
A Heartless Design is the first book in the Secrets of the Zodiac, a series that blends romantic suspense with the rich background of the Regency period.
I got this book as a freebie way way back in 2014. Unfortunately, it's not free anymore. If you do decide to get it, Amazon and Smashwords have it for $2.99. Nook, Kobo, and Apple Books have it at $4.99.
With historicals, I usually go heavy on the highlanders. I must admit, I don't even know what a Regency really is. Apparently, this is it. I couldn't even begin to tell you if it was historically accurate, and unless someone was driving a Prius instead of a carriage, I probably wouldn't have cared.
The story was good. It was entertaining and had just enough mystery mixed in with the love story to keep me hanging on until the end.
I LOVE, Love, love Cordelia. In a time when women were supposed to be a certain way, she did her own thing. She may have hid it, but still, she was the shit. She is smart, sassy, beautiful, strong, independent, compassionate and caring.
Sebastian, I feel like I didn't really get to know him, except for that he was a spy. I still feel like I don't know much about him.
I did love the banter between the two, and they did have chemistry.
In the end, they did get their HEA, and I love what they are doing with the servants.
All in all not a bad read.
Elizabeth Cole
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