Grayson Sumner, Lord Sefton, has had more than enough of spreading his wings and only hopes to settle into the life of a respectable New York gentleman. Prompted by some friends to lift the spirits of the disappointed-in-love Miss Murdock, he is surprised to encounter an adventurous young lady with an unfortunate knack for stumbling into troublesome situations.
Just as Grayson decides he's had quite enough of her antics, his past comes back to haunt him and his presence in Felicia's life endangers her. As they work together to extricate themselves from this latest complication, will Grayson and Felicia decide they want to spend the rest of their lives keeping one another out of trouble?"
I'm giving this book 4 stars. It was a wonderful story, with real depth and sweetness. The children's many cameos gave it a nice balance, and the dangers of the opium world caused lots of very real chill bumps. The element of danger kept the story moving well. I still don't know how I feel about how the ending went with Ming, but I suppose it really was best that way. I loved getting to know more about the characters I grew to love in A Match of Wits, and yes, I do know that I'm reading them out of order. It was a splendid read, with many moments of hilarity, but it was not my favorite book by Jen Turano. I'm used to not being able to breath from the laughter. Instead, while there were a few parts that had me laughing out loud, it was mostly quiet chuckles. Completely foreign to me while reading her books. It was a little disconcerting. Truly, I do believe that you'll like this book a lot if you enjoy reading Jen's books. I do recommend it, just not as highly as others she has written. I've read many of hers, and this just didn't feel like hers. If that makes sense. Which I'm well aware it probably does not. Maybe I'm out of the reviewing groove, or maybe I wasn't in the right mood when I was reading it, or maybe I had one of my headaches. Oh well. All I can do is tell what I think. It was a good story though.
