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Slightly Shady

Lake & March Series, Book 1

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Amanda Quick, best-selling author of Regency-era romances, has won many awards for her works including the New York Times best-selling Wicked Widow. Each work transports fans into a richly detailed world of intrigue and desire. There are now over 25 million copies of her books in print. Besieged by gambling debts, a desperate gentleman purchases a diary as a tool for blackmail. But he does not live to carry out his plans. He is murdered, and the diary is stolen. Now Tobias March, discrete private investigator, has been hired to find the incriminating diary. Tobias is familiar with danger, but when his inquiries lead him to the beautiful entrepreneur Lavinia Lake, his emotions are sidetracked. The attraction that grows between Tobias and Lavinia is framed in the sparkling dialog and wit that have attracted millions of fans to Amanda Quick's novels. Superbly narrated by Audie Awarda-winner Barbara Rosenblat, Slighty Shady is a delicious tale filled with sophistication and suspense, humor and passion.
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 1, 2001
      Spirited heroines and sardonic heroes populate this sexy Regency-era thriller by the ever reliable Quick, alter ego of Jayne Ann Krentz. This time out, Quick offers the parry and thrust of danger and romance, as embodied in resourceful Lavinia Lake and roguish Tobias March. Lavinia first encounters Tobias when he bursts into her antiques shop in Rome, trashing her wares, all the while claiming to be on the trail of a murderer and warning Lavinia that she is in danger. There's also talk of treason, a criminal organization known as the Blue Chamber and an evil mastermind named Azure. Despite her skepticism, Lavinia returns with her niece, Emeline, to London, where she is caught up in more intrigue. She sets herself up as a private detective and even though stubbornness on both sides leads to an oil-and-water pairing, she soon finds herself in business with Tobias, attempting to foil a blackmail scheme, locate the culprit in a series of murders and identify the surviving member of Azure's organization. Arch humor and the expert removal of bodices are Quick's stock in trade, and the old formula still works splendidly. As usual, the novel's outcome is visible a mile off, but familiarity, after all, is golden in literary franchise land. Major ad/promo.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Here's another Rosenblat triumph. Everyone in this racy Regency is enlivened in Rosenblat's rendition, from the cockney charwoman to the spirited Lavinia Lake. Rosenblat lavishes all with quirky personalities. Lake and her detecting partner, Tobias March, delve into the fascinating world of waxworks and each other. This romantic couple is complex and fun enough to become a murder mystery detective series. Rosenblat has stretched her repertoire, and the listener will enjoy it all. B.H.B. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      This romantic suspense set in Regency England is skillfully read. Antiquities dealer Lavinia Lake's first encounter with investigator Tobias March had been anything but pleasurable. March had ransacked her shop and claimed that she was in cahoots with an underground criminal organization. However, after moving back to England with her niece, Lavinia finds herself partnering with March in his pursuit of a killer. The partners' constant banter showcases Elizabeth Sastre's versatility as she portrays the love/hate relationship of the duo. Sastre's tones and pacing add to the sense of danger throughout the story. K.M.D. (c) AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine

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