{"id":5403,"date":"2015-09-03T19:12:55","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T23:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=5403"},"modified":"2022-10-30T19:45:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T23:45:14","slug":"secrets-of-a-lady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5403","title":{"rendered":"Secrets of a Lady"},"content":{"rendered":"

Secrets of a Lady<\/a><\/em> (2002) Tracy Grant<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Secrets-of-a-Lady\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Set in London in November 1819<\/p>\n

This is the first book in the Malcolm and Susanne Rannoch (Charles & Melanie Fraser) series, but is set in a time after almost all the other books.<\/p>\n

Because I’ve read a lot of the other books in this series already, I know a lot of the big surprises\/reveals in the story, but it really didn’t matter, because the story was good, and I didn’t know how<\/em> the secrets would be revealed.<\/p>\n

M\u00e9lanie Fraser is a devoted wife to Charles and mother to Colin and Jessica, but beneath that perfect exterior lies a tremendous secret that could destroy her life–Melanie was a French spy during the war, while Charles was a British attache who did a deal of spying during the war himself.<\/p>\n

Something of importance to note: bad things happen to a child in this story. It’s actually the reason I held off reading this book for so long, because books set later in time refer to this incident, but although it IS horrible, it’s not as horrifying as I feared.<\/p>\n

I recommend this book, but I’ll admit I’ve enjoyed the other books in this series more.
\nRating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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