Happy Friday everybody!
Book Beginnings on Friday is now hosted by
Rose City Reader.
The Friday 56 is hosted at
Freda's Voice. Check out the links above for the rules and for the posts of the participants each week. Don’t dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.
This week I am spotlighting
Heart of Brass by Kate Cross. This book has been on TBR mountain since May 1, 2012. Here is the description from Amazon:
Arden is an undercover agent for one of the most powerful organizations of this steam powered world—the Wardens of the Realm—a group with extraordinary abilities, dedicated to protecting England against evil.
Arden Grey enjoys a life most women in 1898 London can’t even dream of: She has the social status, wealth, and independence of a countess. She also has the ability to witness the final moments of a murder victim’s life. But ever since the disappearance of her husband, Lucas, none of this means anything to her. Until one night, when Arden spies a man watching her—a man she recognizes as her missing husband.
He’s been ordered to assassinate Arden as retribution for her part in the killing of a Company agent. Luke remembers nothing of his life before the Company, a corrupt agency that has erased his memory. Even so, he can't seem to complete his assignment. There is something familiar about his lovely target, something that attracts him, and fills him with dread. For he knows that if he doesn’t kill her, someone else will—and kill him as well.
Beginning:
"You shouldn't go in there, ma'am. 'Tis no place for a lady."
Arden Grey, known in polite circles as Lady Huntley, and in less polite as "that poor woman," carried a small carpetbag in her gloved hand as she approached the factory door, pewter-colored skirts swishing around her matching pumps.
Friday 56:
She said good-day to Mr. Chiler and made her way back to the surface, as far away from the oppressive secrecy of the W.O.R. offices as she could get. The din and dirt of the city was a welcome balm to her troubled soul.
Oh, this one sounds good! What a dilemma for Luke! Thanks for sharing...and for visiting my blog.
ReplyDeleteThis books sounds so good. The situation is one that seems like it would make a good book. Thanks for sharing. The 56 and the beginning are really nice. :-)
ReplyDeleteI like historicals and this one sounds really good. :)
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Me thinks you have changed the look of your blog. Is that correct? Very fancy. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my Friday Quotes. how is the school year going? nearly done?
ReplyDeleteI like both the BB and 56. Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope your readers will too. http://tinyurl.com/LisaKsBokReviewsBTH
ReplyDeleteI like both the BB and 56. Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope your readers will too. http://tinyurl.com/LisaKsBokReviewsBTH
ReplyDeleteI love the independence of the main character. This sounds like an interesting read. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds good! I love the time period and I'm intrigued by the missing husband and the assassin. I'll definitely have to give this a try.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a steampunk adventure. Sure love that cover!
ReplyDeleteSounds good. I wonder where she is in the beginning. Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteI'm not usually a reader of historical romance, but this does sound like a good one and it's a pretty cover.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds great! I'd never heard of it before, so thanks for sharing! It's going right on my TBR shelf! Is it steampunk? I love steampunk. Thanks for visiting my blog! Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the visit. I love the cover of this book, and it sounds like a fantastic read.
ReplyDeleteWell, I'm adding this to my tbr right now! :)
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