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This would easily be a five star book if only the author had paid attention to the etiquette of the period. The characters are well developed and engaging, even though the heroine is somewhat bratty. The mystery is intriguing and the villain not easily guessed until the end. However, the author completely ignores appropriate behavior and those lapses do nothing to further the storyline. We are supposed to accept that our heroine - an extremely wealthy young woman raised by a single father who had her travel with him on his archeological digs - runs around London with only an occasional drunk for a chaperone. No maid. She blithely announces several times that the "needs air" and the hero (an Earl) allows her to leave without escort. In one instance he finds her in a secluded section of Hyde Park, they converse, and then he leaves her there alone. In a remote area of a park. Sure. And pigs do fly. There are many other examples, from the absence of a single curtsey in the book to morning calls lasting over an hour in defiance of the strictly observed fifteen minute rule. The author either doesn't know any better and was too lazy to perform this very basic research or she simply didn't care about historical accuracy. I'm not referring to minutiae but the guiding principals of social interactions of the time. These problems interrupted the flow of the work, taking me out of the story, and cost the book three stars.


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Cloaked in Danger The Willoughby Family series Book 2 edition by Jeannie Ruesch Romance eBooks Reviews

This is the perfect combination of adventure, excitement and romance. Cloaked in Danger moved at a quick pace, kept my attention and had me staying up too late to read and then waking up in the middle of the night wondering what was going to happen next. It took turns that were unexpected and had me on edge. Or sitting there in shock.. You easily engage with the characters, and want to kick them at times. I figure anyone that can frustrate me in a book means that the writing is so compelling that I care too much. The character flaws are perfect they don’t overcome the characters they just are a piece of their entire story. Just like all of us.

Jeannie Ruesch is a talented writer, and I can’t believe this is only her second book. I look forward to the next one in this series. Or anything else she comes out with.. Although for now I need some sleep…
While I enjoined first book emensely, this book was a little lacking. It became a bit repetitive. The main character Aria, the daughter of a treasure hunter, trades the life of moving every where with her father on dig sites, to the ballrooms of London in season. She is a little too obsessed with relocating her father without Any one else's help! She puts herself in way too many outrageously dangerous and stupid positions thinking she is somehow invincible. Gus is where the story got away from me. The Willoughby Family side of it actually is what kept the story interesting for me, with the lead character being the head of their household, Adam, who you have to feel sorry for. Regardless of his best intentions, no one seems to pay him any respect. I didn't like that either. He was way too good for everyone in this book.
Adam Willoughby, brother to Blythe from "Something About Her", gets his turn here, and a challenging romance with Ariadne, daughter to a well-known archaeologist/treasure hunter. Aria's dad, who had taken her along with him on all his digs after his wife's death, decides she must go to London to live with his young and pregnant second wife and to learn how to maneuver among the haute ton. When Aria's "Uncle John" arrives home from Egypt more than half-dead with news their camp had been attacked and Aria's papa is missing, Aria suspects one of his aristocratic investors might be to blame. Aria is quickly out of her depth, pushing far beyond the bounds of propriety, and ends up in an awkward and compromising situation with Adam that can be salvaged only through marriage (at the insistence of Adam's wonderful mum). Adam feels drawn to Aria's refreshingly confident and un-debutantish nature, and is fine with the notion of marrying her -- even if he had planned to hold off marrying until after his three sisters are hitched. Then Aria finds out one of her London friends is not what he seems, and her life spins down into hell.

Adam Willoughby is flawed in expecting that he will be able to control everything in his mother's and sisters' lives, but he gradually grows in wisdom and learns to let them make their own mistakes. It takes him longer than I liked to realize he was wrong to leave Aria in peace when she breaks off their engagement and tells him to go; and he was plain muleheaded to assume she wasn't what he thought her to be. (listening to her stepmother, with whom she does NOT get along? Also not bright.)

The strongest point? Ruesch handles the subject of post-traumatic stress disorder with depth, insight, and honesty, leading in to it with a degree of trauma that most historical romance novelists would shy away from (though even she shies away from rape). Seeing Aria struggling to find a way through the tripwires and minefields survivors must confront, and Adam finding his way back to her when she needs him most, is heartbreaking even while it's life-affirming.

An added benefit Michael, the oh-so-aggravating and deceitful hero of Book 1, redeems himself in helping Adam through some extremely rough patches. By the time he's done, Adam, and the readers, can't help but acknowledge he's become worthy of Blythe Willoughby. And I no longer wanted Adam to pound him to a pulp.
This would easily be a five star book if only the author had paid attention to the etiquette of the period. The characters are well developed and engaging, even though the heroine is somewhat bratty. The mystery is intriguing and the villain not easily guessed until the end. However, the author completely ignores appropriate behavior and those lapses do nothing to further the storyline. We are supposed to accept that our heroine - an extremely wealthy young woman raised by a single father who had her travel with him on his archeological digs - runs around London with only an occasional drunk for a chaperone. No maid. She blithely announces several times that the "needs air" and the hero (an Earl) allows her to leave without escort. In one instance he finds her in a secluded section of Hyde Park, they converse, and then he leaves her there alone. In a remote area of a park. Sure. And pigs do fly. There are many other examples, from the absence of a single curtsey in the book to morning calls lasting over an hour in defiance of the strictly observed fifteen minute rule. The author either doesn't know any better and was too lazy to perform this very basic research or she simply didn't care about historical accuracy. I'm not referring to minutiae but the guiding principals of social interactions of the time. These problems interrupted the flow of the work, taking me out of the story, and cost the book three stars.