With His Lady's Assistance

Name: With His Lady's Assistance
Rating: 4.416149139404297 (161 reviews)

Cheryl Bolen

Apr 2012 · Cheryl Bolen's Regencies: A Mystery and a Match Book 1 · Harper & Appleton

4.4

161 reviews

Ebook

262

Pages

Eligible

About this ebook

To help him mingle in the highest echelons of English society to investigate threats on the Prince Regent's life, super spy Captain Jack Dryden must feign an engagement to the exceedingly plain spinster, Lady Daphne Chalmers. Together they embark on an investigation which brings them into grave peril – and makes the captain reevaluate the skinny maiden who has a most amorous effect upon him.

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"A delightful Regency romance. . .The mystery is nicely done, the romance is enchanting, and the secondary character are enjoyable." 4 Stars. Romantic Times

"Bolen is a masterful storyteller who brings us enchanting love stories that offer fresh outlooks on love, while combing humor and mystery." – Regency Inkwell

5-Star Hall of Fame book. – Historical Romance Critic

"This book is funny, sweet, romantic, mysterious, and historical. . . .I found myself laughing out loud several times." – The Indie Bookshelf

Ratings and reviews

4.4

161 reviews

NiNa Ann Seymore

May 7, 2022

I couldn't finish this book, I made it to chapter 10 and was tired of trying. The characters were excessively over written and the dialog was way too repetitive. I want be reading any more from this Author 😭

Debbie Borthwick

January 1, 2021

I thoroughly enjoyed this book by Cheryl Bolen. I love historical romances and even better if there's some mystery involved. I like that I couldn't figure out the culprit, she kept me guessing. Jack & Daphne are a wonderful couple, I liked reading about their exploits and the way they conversed. I didn't like that Jack had to seduce other women in their hunt for the assassin. But, it worked out in the end. This is the first book in a series involving this couple, I'm sure they will all be wonderful reads, too!

1 person found this review helpful

A Google user

May 22, 2018

This was one of the best Regency books I have ever read. There were spys, assassination attempts, dialogues full of humor and wit, and finally a lovely happy ending

4 people found this review helpful

About the author

Cheryl Bolen is the New York Times, USA Today best-selling author of more than a dozen Regency-set historical romance novels. Her books have placed in several writing contests, including the Daphne du Maurier, and have been translated into 11 languages. She was named Notable New Author in 1999, and in 2006 she won the Holt Medallion (Honoring Outstanding Literary Talent) for Best Short Historical Novel. In 2012 she won Best Historical in the International Digital Awards for eBooks published the prior year, and one of her 2011 novellas won Best Historical Novella. Her books have become Barnes & Noble and Amazon bestsellers.

Many of her readers love her many marriage of convenience stories. Her lighter books have been compared to Georgette Heyer, and her more emotional reads (where the heroine has many obstacles before her happy ending) have been compared to Mary Balogh.

Cheryl recently returned to her first love of romantic suspense and mystery with fast-paced plots featuring heroines in peril and the strong men they can lean on. It was these books which first got her noticed in the publishing world when her manuscripts won many contests.

A former journalist who admits to a fascination with dead Englishwomen, she is a regular contributor to The Regency Plume, The Regency Reader, and The Quizzing Glass. Many of her articles can found on her website, www.CherylBolen.com, and more recent ones on her blog, www.CherylsRegencyRamblings.wordpress.com. Readers are welcomed at both places.

Cheryl holds a dual degree in English and journalism from the University of Texas, and she earned a master's degree from the University of Houston. She and her professor husband are the parents of two sons, one who is an attorney, and the other a journalist. Her favorite things to do are watching the UT Longhorns, reading letters and diaries of Georgian Englishmen, and traveling to England.

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