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Title: Yawn
Review: I'm sorry to say that this book almost put me to sleep. I'm not quite sure what the problem was, but something was definitely off. The novel is set in London 1811 with the heroine, Emmaline, trying to support herself and an aging aunt by means of a marriage broker service. Unfourtenely her first paying customer dies near her doorstep under suspicious circumstances. Enter Adrian, the duke of Trent who has been reluctantly recruited to determine if the lovely Emmy had something to do with the death. A love-hate relationship quickly develops between Emmaline and Adrian, and the supporting characters (Emmaline's ex-actress aunt and Adrian's man-of-affairs) do everything they can to throw the couple together.Individually I found all the characters likable (especially the canary) and the plot interesting, but as a whole the book was uninspiring. There was no nail-biting tension, no steamy passion, and no real reason to turn the pages. I sorry to say this was a yawner.
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