I really liked Confessions of A Little Black Gown by Elizabeth Boyle. There was a nice mix of intrigue, humor and romance. There were several situations that developed throughout the story that had me in gales of laughter.
Lord Larkin, who thought he was retired from the business of being a master spy, finds himself called back into duty. His mission is to find the pirate Dashwell. Dashwell was scheduled to hang and was sprung from prison by two women. The women are related to the Duke of Hollindrake.
These two women, Tally and Pippin, are to be at Lady Hollindrake’s house party so Larkin arrives disguised as the bumbling vicar cousin of the Duke. In this disguise he will attempt to find Dashwell and kill him. But Tally is a good match for him and he finds his task much more difficult than he thought as well as finding himself very attracted to Tally.
I liked all of the characters and thought they were well developed. Tally was funny, intuitive and very bright. Her twin sister Felicity, The Countess of Hollindrake, is a strong minded woman bound on becoming the best matchmaker in the Ton. This makes for some very funny scenes. Larkin is struggling to overcome some very traumatic events in his life and some peace when he is with Tally. Their developing romance is warm and quite romantic.
The ending of the story took me a little bit by surprise. Loose ends did get tied up but not in a hurried way. I am looking forward to Boyle’s next book, Memoirs of a Scandalous Red Dress.
Lord Larkin, who thought he was retired from the business of being a master spy, finds himself called back into duty. His mission is to find the pirate Dashwell. Dashwell was scheduled to hang and was sprung from prison by two women. The women are related to the Duke of Hollindrake.
These two women, Tally and Pippin, are to be at Lady Hollindrake’s house party so Larkin arrives disguised as the bumbling vicar cousin of the Duke. In this disguise he will attempt to find Dashwell and kill him. But Tally is a good match for him and he finds his task much more difficult than he thought as well as finding himself very attracted to Tally.
I liked all of the characters and thought they were well developed. Tally was funny, intuitive and very bright. Her twin sister Felicity, The Countess of Hollindrake, is a strong minded woman bound on becoming the best matchmaker in the Ton. This makes for some very funny scenes. Larkin is struggling to overcome some very traumatic events in his life and some peace when he is with Tally. Their developing romance is warm and quite romantic.
The ending of the story took me a little bit by surprise. Loose ends did get tied up but not in a hurried way. I am looking forward to Boyle’s next book, Memoirs of a Scandalous Red Dress.
I gave Confessions of a Little Black Dress 4 1/2 stars.
Gigi, thanks for the lovely review of my book. Hope you like the next one!
ReplyDeleteI bought the next one yesterday so will be starting it soon. Thanks for the comment!
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