{"id":3130,"date":"2012-09-03T07:46:04","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T11:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=3130"},"modified":"2022-10-31T18:19:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T22:19:01","slug":"a-fatal-waltz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3130","title":{"rendered":"A Fatal Waltz"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Fatal Waltz<\/a><\/em> (2008) Tasha Alexander<\/a><\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>Lady Emily’s marriage to Colin Hargreaves was put off when Lord Fortescue arranged to have Hargreaves sent overseas on a mission. Fortescue opposes Emily’s marriage to Colin and will do everything possible to end their engagement.<\/p>\n

Thus it is with some surprise that Lady Emily finds herself invited to a party at Lord Fortescue’s country estate.<\/p>\n

This one actually had more mystery than romance, which I liked. I also liked the trip to Vienna–both seeing historical Vienna and the fact that Lady Emily saw for the first time how the poor in Europe truly lived.<\/p>\n

I did have a couple problems with the way a couple of the characters acted–especially Schroder. (If Lady Emily mentioned the name of who she was helping, I have a hard time believing he would have helped her.) But, it was a small thing in a rather complicated (though enjoyable) plot.<\/p>\n

You should be able to read this story even if you haven’t read any of the previous books.
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Harper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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