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5.0 out of 5 stars
First version of 'Angel Rogue', April 12 2006
By Bookivore "The Bookivore" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Rogue And The Runaway (Paperback)
This is one of MJPs early Regency romances later expanded to Angel Rogue. I enjoy and have reread both versions. The plot is the same just the fleshing out and sensuality is more intense in Angel Rogue.
The unusual heroine, Maxie, is half Native American and doesn't fit in too well with her British relatives at their country home and comes to suspect that her uncle is hiding something about her father's death. She decides to go to her other aunt in London and sets out on foot from the country estate.
Robin, a retired spy, is restless on his brother's estate and not over distressing events in France. He encounters Maxie on the road and rather than whistling up a coach decides to accompany her in the persona of a footloose ne'er-do-well.
Of course it is the duty of a good English family to protect their young women, even the strange half-Indian ones, and when Maxie's aunt shows up for an unexpected visit she immediately joins in the hunt and tracks Maxie far enough to find out that she is travelling with a known rogue and harangue Robin's brother about it. Add a determined Bow Street Runner and realize that they're hunting a slippery Indian girl and an equally slippery British spy.
The plot has a great deal of humor along with a very believeable sober side. Maxie and Robin not only get to know each other but help each other with some tough issues. Enjoyable and memorable read.