Book- Brentwood's Ward- Nicholas Brentwood is a Bow Street Runner (a lawman) and he has been hired as a guardian. He's been on some dangerous missions, in some tough spots; after all he is a seasoned professional. But being the guardian to Emily Payne may just be a job that is way over his head. At least he's beginning to wonder what he's got himself into. She's a spoiled, beauty with a mind of her own. Her mind is on finding a husband this season. She's more trouble than Brentwood bargained for. Brentwood only signed up for this because he desperately needs the money to help his critically ill sister. They both come to find, that in the midst of all the trouble they manage to stir up, this one statement became clear. God is in charge.
Oh my. There was so much more to this story, than I first thought. Twists, turns, mysteries, theft, murder, kidnappings and love. It looked at first like it might be a light, fluffy story but its way more than that, like I said. It was so much fun to watch Emily as she tries to outsmart Nicholas and the way that he challenges her on so many different levels. Yes, she did manage to briefly get away with a few things, but because of Nicholas' detective skills, she got caught out time after time. He could just look at her and often read her like an open book. In no way was she ready for that. Do you want to have a good villian in your story? Well, you'll be happy to know there is more than just 1 or 2. Well done, author. Well done. There is a completely surprising change of heart towards the end of the book too!
The author included a brief bit of information at the back of the book about the Bow Street Runner; that was a nice touch. It gave a short background about what kind of job Nicholas had. In fact the author said from this information she was inspired to write this story.
For people to want to know, yes God is part of the story. There is also a section with discussion questions in the back of the book too.
Please don't let that put you off, this is a really good book. Sorry to say sometimes some Christian books can be written in a way that it sacrifices the actual part of the story. Not the case here.
I received a copy of this book from Barbour Publishing, Inc through NetGalley.
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