Sea captain Sebastian Kennett and an associate are walking back from a celebration of sorts when a young woman comes running towards Sebastian and asks for his help. He knows right away something is off because he feels her trying to pick his pockets. Before he can figure out what she is trying to find, they are attacked and his lovely pickpocket is hurt. Sebastian takes her back to his ship, hoping to get some answers from her when she comes around. Sebastian is all out of sorts because this unknown lady makes him want to claim her for his own.

 

Jess believes Sebastian is someone called the Cinq, the one responsible for framing her father. She can not trust Sebastian in any way, even though he wants to protect and help her. As Jess tries to continue the investigation on her own, Sebastian doesn’t know how to handle her. She is one slippery woman who can escape from the guards and spies who are suppose to keep tabs on her, and when Jess is at the end of her rope, she places herself in even more danger. In order to save her father, she may have to sell her soul to the one man who feels he has owned her since the day she was a child in Katherine Lane. It all comes down to Sebastian and what he will do to keep Jess safe and in his arms forever.

 

Joanna Bourne has done it again with MY LORD AND SPYMASTER! If you want a riveting and sexy spy tale where murder and secrets run amuck, you must pick up this book!

 

Jess and Sebastian are extraordinary characters who simmer with unbridled attraction for each other. They are each other’s soul mates but do not give in to their desires right away. They have so many issues to work out between them, which builds the tension and seduction. This one story that should be savored and not rushed and when Jess and Sebastian finally become lovers, that first intimate scene is one to look forward to.

 

There is suspense, mystery and a villain you will not figure out until the very end. Joanne Bourne has become the superstar of this historical romance world and with MY LORD AND SPYMASTER SHE has proven once again that she can breathe life into a genre that needs more stories like her own. This is the best historical romance has to offer and you will not be disappointed in the least.

 

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