Lady Anne and the Howl in the Dark
Donna Lea SimpsonHistorical romance
Available from Sourcebooks
ISBN: 978-1-4022-1791-3
April 2009
| Lady Anne Addison rushes north to Yorkshire in response to her friend Lydia's hysterical letter. She is worried about her marriage and the rumors of a werewolf in the area of Ivy Lodge and Darkfell Castle. She arrives in the evening with no one to meet her and is forced to walk to her friend's home. On the way she stumbles across the body of a young woman who has been savagely murdered. Left to her own devices by her self involved friend, Anne is determined to solve the murder before she leaves Yorkshire, with or without the help of Lydia's handsome brother in law, the Marquess of Darkfell.
This story combines the best parts of a mystery and historical romance in one story. Lady Anne is not a beautiful woman but is intelligent and has lots of common sense. Lord Darkfell also senses a passion in her that belies her plain appearance. They are an odd couple, but oddly suited to each other as well. Anne has great confidence in herself in all areas but her looks and can not figure out why Darkfell keeps kissing her and why it affects her so strongly. The mystery is as involving as the romance and the solution is not as easy as it seems at first. The rather abrupt ending leaves an opening for more adventures for Lady Anne and Lord Darkfell and I will be reading every one of them.
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Reviewer: Maura Frankman |
