Indiscreet

Rating:
Summary: Good but not great.
Review: It started out a little bit too fast and Camilla by far was way too trusting. She didn't know Benedict but a few hours when she had agreed to do the charade. (Regardless of the drink that Sedgewick gave her). Her grandfather was witty and blunt - I enjoyed his character. I didn't care much for Camilla's aunts or cousins. It had it's moments but I was not as happy with this book as I am with her recent books.

Rating:
Summary: Good but not great.
Review: It started out a little bit too fast and Camilla by far was way too trusting. She didn't know Benedict but a few hours when she had agreed to do the charade. (Regardless of the drink that Sedgewick gave her). Her grandfather was witty and blunt - I enjoyed his character. I didn't care much for Camilla's aunts or cousins. It had it's moments but I was not as happy with this book as I am with her recent books.

Rating:
Summary: Great Book ~ Witty, Warm and Romantic!
Review: The book begins in 1812 (during the Napoleonic War between England and France) as a young, rather independent minded woman, Camilla Ferrand, travels to her family estate to visit her gravely ill Grandfather. She and her coachman are trying to make their way in a thick, blinding fog when Camilla comes upon a man and requests his help. Unknown to Camilla, the man, Benedict Wincross (aka Lord Rawdon), is hiding from some men who are pursuing him. When Camilla asks for his help, she gives away his hiding place and the men begin shooting at them. Benedict manages to get them both out of that predicament, but the basis for a hostile relationship between the two has been established. She sees him as a probable low-life theif; he sees her as a pain in the neck "bluestocking." Ofcourse, each blames the other for the mess they find themselves in.

They finally manage to arrive at the local inn muddy and disheveled and find that despite their mutual dislike (and unspoken attraction) they can help each other. Camilla has left her ill Grandfather with the impression that she is about to be married in order to calm his concerns about her future. Needless to say, there is no fiance in sight as Camilla has no intention of ever getting married. Mr. Benedict, as she has come to know him, needs to investigate the area in and around her Grandfather's estate in the hopes of learning who has infiltrated a network of British spies that travel between England and France under the ruse of being smugglers. As a solution to both of their problems, Camilla and Benedict decide to travel together to her Grandfather's estate and pretend that they are engaged to be married.

The fun begins when they arrive at the estate and fall into one funny situation after another as they try to convince Camilla's relatives that they are engaged and in love. The plot becomes even more complicated when Camilla finds that her dear hairbrained Aunt has told her relatives that Camilla and Benedict are already married. One hilarious thing lead to another and the two former antagonists find themselves falling in love. All of this takes place while Benedict is pursuing both Camilla and a traitor, and Camilla is trying to hang on to her determined effort to remain single and independent while falling deeply in love with Benedict. Watching them fall in love while battling each other and coping with villans and Camilla's quirky relatives is great fun!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and all the characters in it, and recommend it highly to anyone who wants to read a fast paced, witty story that is filled with adventure, suspense and romance!

Rating:
Summary: wonderful
Review: This is one of my favorite books in the Romance category. Candace Camp's books are good because they are interesting and funny at the same time. I like the way Benedict and Camilla pretend to be a married couple and find their assumed roles become a reality as they change from sparring strangers to genuinely caring for each others' suffering.
Also, the solution as to the identity of the evil doer was convincingly hidden for much of the story.

Rating:
Summary: wonderful
Review: This is one of my favorite books in the Romance category. Candace Camp's books are good because they are interesting and funny at the same time. I like the way Benedict and Camilla pretend to be a married couple and find their assumed roles become a reality as they change from sparring strangers to genuinely caring for each others' suffering.
Also, the solution as to the identity of the evil doer was convincingly hidden for much of the story.