A Lady’s Secret Weapon (Nexus #3) by Tracey Devlyn-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 1, 2013

Seduction is His Duty to King and Country

Ethan deBeau has charmed his way into the beds of countless women, enticing them to whisper all kinds of state secrets in his ear. But his latest assignment is completely different: find a missing young boy. It’s practically child’s play for a master spy such as Ethan. Until Miss Sydney Hunt threatens to unravel all his carefully laid plans. Who in the world is this woman?

But Tempting Her is All for Pleasure

Sydney has worked hard to maintain a facade of respectability—all while keeping a network of contacts among London’s underground world. When she hears of strange activities at a local home for orphans, she’s determined to find out what’s really going on. Until she runs headlong into a notorious rake eager to expose every inch of her…

REVIEW

5 out of 5 for this reader folks!

There must be something about spies and regency romance that really turns my crank because every book I have read with this mix I absolutely enjoy. Maybe it’s the mystique, suppose to be proper but really bad ass under all the titles and manners .. I don’t know .. but I sure love it! Lady’s Secret Weapon by Tracey Devlyn is the third book in her Nexus series. I broke a huge reading rule of mine by reading the third book in a series before the first two. I am kind of obsessive about reading things in order and anticipating secondary characters future story lines. As I had just been introduced to the characters in this third book, I did feel a little like I missed something (I was going to give this book a 4.5 out of 5 for that feeling but it’s not the authors fault I didn’t read the first two), but that being said I am sure a non obsessive series reader may feel like they didn’t miss anything. Again this is my own personal “reading rule” and I like to see past characters make an appearance and have that warm feeling that they found their happy.

So a brief setting … London, early 1800’s, the Nexus organization is a group of individuals who become spies to combat Napoleon’s effort to take down England. Each spy brings something different to the table, and in this story our main man Ethan is the master of seduction for information. At the beginning of the book, we find Ethan seriously injured and a cloaked woman secretly attending to him. Months pass and Ethan is eager to find out who this woman was. Shortly after being given a mission to find a missing orphan boy, he comes across a woman who not only seems to have an invested interest in the young boys orphanage he is surveying, but is setting off bells of familiarity in his head.

Sydney runs a business that enables the ton to find employees that will suitably match their employer, while playing a part in the underground spy circuit. She uses her proper lady cover to infiltrate the orphanage and is shocked at what she discovers. Then there is this hot rogue that seeks her services and now she can’t stop thinking about him (she is our cloaked lady and is fearful that Ethan will recognize her). Before they know it, Ethan and Sydney begin to work together in the joint effort to take down a French spymaster and an English traitor (I guess this traitor has reeked havoc in the beginning of this series as well). While fighting the bad guys, they also fight their passion for each other.

So these two are well matched. Both a little sassy and eager to fight the bad guys while figuring out a mystery that will unravel big secrets, I loved reading our naughty Ethan’s troubles of seducing Sydney. I mean this is what he does! I loved reading Sydney play the cool cucumber in Ethan’s presence while the blood was boiling just underneath the surface. When this tension breaks …. FANS MYSELF! LOL

Love a regency romance full of secrets, action, lust and love? Check out A Lady’s Secret Weapon. I am going to rewind and read the first two books now. Maybe I’ll enjoy the “know what has already happened” aspect of this series as opposed to what I am use to!

Reading Order
1. A Lady’s Revenge (April 2012)
2. Checkmate, My Lord (February 2013)
3. A Lady’s Secret Weapon (October 2013)

HAPPY READING! 🙂

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Reviewed by Rachel T.