I've had The Emperor's Conspiracy (#1,131) sitting by my bed for quite a while now, but all this time I've been thinking it was set in Napoleon Bonaparte's France. It's not. This Regency mystery by Michelle Diener was a pleasant surprise. The heroine, Miss Charlotte Raven, is the ward of an influential lady in society. To all appearances, Charlotte is the perfect product of that society. Only she and her guardian Lady Howe are amongst the very few people who know Charlotte's true origin.
It's that background which gets Charlie mixed up inadvertently with a Crown investigation into missing British guineas. Cash is being smuggled out of England at an alarming rate, but for what purpose and who is behind it? Someone is playing deadly games and Lord Edward Durnham is determined to find out who.
It's a different set up for this high stakes romance set in the ballrooms and the slums of Regency London. If you're looking for a romance with a little more substance, The Emperor's Conspiracy might just be your ticket.
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