Product Details
- Series: An American Heiress
- Paperback: 276 pages
- Publisher: Mirror Press (October 16, 2018)
- Genre: Historical Romance/Mystery
- ISBN-10: 1947152394
- I received a review e-copy in exchange for an honest review
Book Summary
From USA Today bestselling author Stacy Henrie, comes
NIGHT AT THE OPERA, an American Heiress Novel.
NIGHT AT THE OPERA - An American Heiress Book 1 (1908)
When American heiress Gwen Barton aids an injured gentleman in an opera box in London, she shares a kiss with the stranger that changes her life. More determined than ever to be herself, in spite of the limp she’s sustained since childhood, she will marry for love and not a title. She also resolves to learn the identity of the man she helped—and kissed. Surely he can’t be the irritating Avery Winfield, though. But as circumstances continue to throw Gwen and Avery together, she begins to wonder if there is more to this man than she first thought.
While most of London only knows him as the nephew of a duke, Avery Winfield is actually working for the Secret Service Bureau to ferret out German spies from among the ton. It’s a profession that gives him purpose and a reason to remain a bachelor. But the more he interacts with Gwen Barton, an heiress from America, the more he begins to question his plans and neglected faith. Then he learns Gwen is the young lady from the opera box who helped him. Now his most important mission may have nothing to do with saving Britain from danger and everything to do with risking his heart for the woman he met that night at the opera.
My Review
This mystery man happens to be Avery Winfield, a British spy and nephew of a duke. He's avoided marrying and staying single, but things all change once he meets Gwen. The two main characters are both so likable. In many novels you don't like one or the other, but I loved both Gwen and Avery. They had wonderful qualities, but both had reasons not to believe in themselves which kept them apart for awhile. Gwen is so kind, loving, and brave. Avery is stalwart, brave, and kind. They are very much alike and of course their fears and pride get in their way.
This book is mainly a romance with a mystery about who the German spy is that Avery is hunting. The book takes place in the early 1900's, right before World War 1. I felt enough was done when it came to the spying aspect. I feel like this story was more a romance than a spy novel, so I was satisfied with the balance between the two aspects. I especially loved Gwen and her noble work at her cousin's orphanage.
If you like a historical romance with intrigue, angst, and a slow burn romance, you will love reading, Night at the Opera.
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Thanks for reading and reviewing the book, Sheila! So glad you enjoyed it!
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