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Review at Dear Author

July 12, 2026 / Kaetrin / 0 Comments

I’m over at Dear Author with a review of Spies, Lies, and Alibis by Natalie Walters. Fun spy-romance that mostly worked.

Review at Dear Author

May 24, 2026 / Kaetrin / 0 Comments

I’m over at Dear Author with a review of The Alias Agenda by Holly James. A promising start and it certainly had it’s moments but I’m not sure it knew what it wanted to be.

Review at Dear Author

March 30, 2023 / Kaetrin

I’m over at Dear Author with a review of Hotel of Secrets by Diana Biller. It took me a month to read. That probably says something.

Review at Dear Author

August 2, 2017 / Kaetrin

I’m over at Dear Author with a review of Beauty Like the Night by Joanna Bourne. Another winner.

Review at Dear Author

August 18, 2015 / Kaetrin

I’m over at Dear Author with a review of The Spy Who Tamed Me by Kelly Hunter. Fast, witty and sexy romance.

Rogue Spy by Joanna Bourne

November 10, 2014 / Kaetrin

Why I read it: I received a review copy from the publisher via NetGalley

What it’s about: (from Goodreads) For years he’d lived a lie. It was time to tell the truth…even if it cost him the woman he loved.

Ten years ago he was a boy, given the name Thomas Paxton and sent by Revolutionary France to infiltrate the British Intelligence Service. Now his sense of honor brings him back to London, alone and unarmed, to confess. But instead of facing the gallows, he’s given one last impossible assignment to prove his loyalty.

Lovely, lying, former French spy Camille Leyland is dragged from her safe rural obscurity by threats and blackmail. Dusting off her spy skills, she sets out to track down a ruthless French fanatic and rescue the innocent victim he’s holding—only to find an old colleague already on the case. Pax.

Old friendship turns to new love, and as Pax and Camille’s dark secrets loom up from the past, Pax is left with a choice—go rogue from the Service or lose Camille forever…

Warning: Series spoilers follow.

What worked for me (and what didn’t): Joanna Bourne writes such beautiful prose. I get lost in it from time to time. Fortunately, she uses the beautiful language to tell a good story as well. It would be a great pity for it to be otherwise.