Her Majesty's Most Secret Service series

Tara Kingston’s books tend to have a lot of fun playing with romance conventions, so I wasn’t surprised that When a Lady Kisses a Scot wasn’t a straight-up historical romance.  While When a Lady Deceives was a historical noir, this one’s a gothic horror piece, complete with murderous cults, evil rituals and bloody murder.  But…

Tara Kingston’s newest release When a Lady Deceives features a clever, intelligent woman matched with a man whose true heart and motives are masked by darkness. Sounds like a real page turner to me and yet I found myself putting the book down more often than not.  With little to no major character or plot…