The Two Bells of Christmas: A Regency Romance Novella
- 148pagine
- 6 ore di lettura
Joanna Barker Libri
Joanna Barker scoprì il suo amore per la narrativa storica dopo aver visitato l'Inghilterra all'età di undici anni, il che la portò a divorare i romanzi di Jane Austen. Questa precoce passione alimentò la sua carriera di scrittrice, in cui crea narrazioni avvincenti che trasportano i lettori in epoche passate. La sua opera si caratterizza per una voce distintiva e un acuto senso del dettaglio storico, esplorando temi senza tempo. La prosa di Barker offre un'accattivante miscela di educazione e intrattenimento.
"Miss Genevieve Wilde--a magistrate's daughter and independent heiress--is determined to meet life's challenges all on her own, just as her late-father had taught her. So when her father's pocket watch is stolen, she will do anything to get it back, especially when the local authorities prove incompetent. Upon reading an advertisement in the paper, she takes a chance and contacts a thief-taker to find the watch. It's a choice Ginny regrets when former Bow Street officer Jack Travers arrives on her doorstep. He is frustratingly flirtatious, irritatingly handsome, and entirely unpredictable, and Ginny wonders if she'll be able to resist such a man. But after Ginny discovers that the missing watch is just a small part of a larger, more frightening plot against her, she needs Jack's help more than ever. To protect her home and her reputation, the two enter into a risky charade--pretending Jack is her cousin so he can begin his investigation, starting with the household staff. As they work together to unravel the mystery, Ginny finds herself falling fast for her charismatic thief-taker, leaving her heart in just as much danger as her life"--