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The Spy's Reward
by Nita Abrams
Where's The Beef!
There are many
excellent historical romances written about the Regency Period,
Napolean and Waterloo. This is not one of them. I kept turning the
pages quickly, not because I was enthralled with the story, but waiting
for something, anything to happen. There is also no passion. A definite
zero on the sensual scale. I was definitely disappointed; not only in
the story, but with the characters. Meyer could have been a hero, but
gave into Abigail's disgust for war. I came away thinking, the one act
she did not want him to do, that disgusted her so, could have saved
thousands of lives. Her high and mighty manner when she herself was
someone who should not throw stones did not endear me to her as a
heroine. The side love story of her spoiled daughter Diana and Meyer's
nephew Anthony is even more disappointing. It makes a reader wonder if
maybe this was a loose outline for a novel. The main family being
prominent Jewish bankers was loosely woven in the story. Nothing like
the powerful Kira family in the Bertrice Small Skye O'Malley Series.
Reading the back cover, I really was looking forward to a story about
one of my favorite periods of history. Oh well... Sigh :(
Publisher: Zebra
(February 2006)
Reviewed
by Beverly,
Beverly Romance Books
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