Lord Grayson's Child Cynsters: Uncovering the Secrets of the Next Generation Novels

Isa: Love her style of writing, never boring

Canada on May 26, 2022

L Burris: I loved it. I love the happier ever after and especially any story dealing with the Cynsters. There was intrigue , A murder mystery and love . I recommend this book and this author. I recommend this series, Cynsters Next Generation.

United States on Apr 25, 2022

Donna S.: An overheard plot separates sweethearts for years, but fate brings them back together. Plot about photographs and printing the news was a timely and interesting backdrop for the rekindled romance. Laurens continues to delight with both history and romance! Looking forward to the next one!

United States on Oct 17, 2021

Tittleback: This is awesome. Good fast mystery with interesting characters and excellent minor characters as well . Excellent pacing as most of the book covers just about a week or so. Fun for me to see Portland Oregon mentioned.
LOL (It's near my home!) Just a note Oregon became a state in 1859, and Portland was only an incorporated city after 1851. LOL

United States on Aug 18, 2021

Kindle Customer: Lord Grayson Child has returned home to England only to find speculation and rumours among the pages of the newspapers. Intending to persuade the owner to stop or misdirect any information.
Waiting for the newspaper staff to leave for the day, Grey then enters the building to confront the owner, only to be surprised.

Getting ready to leave, the proprietor Lady Isadora Descartes does not to find an old aquaintaince in her building. Agreeing listen speak with him, they lock up for the night, only for Isadora to realise that someone is still in the building. As they check, they find that one member of staff has met with an unfortunate accident. The alarm is raised and it is discovered to have been deliberately done.

The question of who, why and how the deed was done has to be investigated theories are numerous. Add the possibility of treason and appearances of familiar characters before it all becomes clear and brings a happy ending.

United Kingdom on Jul 26, 2021

Avid Reader: This was a riveting book. It had a great plot and a mystery that lured me in and I couldn't put it down. The relationships between all of the characters added an extra layer of depth. I didn't just want to get to know the main characters I wanted to know all of the characters. That was quite a feat. The book didn't just describe, it lived! I will definitely find more books from this author.

United States on Jul 20, 2021

Kindle Customer: I Love they way this is so different from the Georgian novels. When Drakewas conceived about forty years ago his mother's worry would her husband be faithful. CAN YOU SEE Louisa wondering that with her friends. No Drake would know what his behaviour should be. Dukes in his father's day had everyone bowing in terror. An earls daughter would ot tell him to move, hewould not talk to a young employee, his wife would not expect to join a business meeting.what a change in society photographs trains policemen etc.The change in attitude to people in trade. This was so knowledgeable. The hero and heroine were perfect. In the previous novel we briefly met humans it did wet your appetite for the novel. You were drawn into the plot rightful the start. Every page hands some new piece of information.You just cannot put this book down.

United Kingdom on Jul 19, 2021

RJK63: If you like a story with little romance and no steam then this is the book for you!

Most of this story concentrates on detailing the process of producing a weekly newspaper and, much like the description of developing steam engines in The Designs of Lord Randolph Cavanaugh, this is far too detailed and dull, dull, DULL (although I’m guessing not to Ms Laurens).

I was so looking forward to reading Gray’s story and, based on his character in The Games Lovers Play, I was hoping for a nice amount of romance, spice and steam - what a disappointment. The first kiss doesn’t happen until about 50% of the way through, the second kiss about 67% of the way through and all of the discussions between Gray and Izzy about revisiting their relationship (which was abruptly ended 10 years previously) were so rational and unemotional that I felt no real connection between them.

In one of the last sentences in this book (after a somewhat tepidly described love scene) Izzy says that it was worth waiting 10 years for. I have to say I find that very hard to believe and this book definitely wasn’t worth waiting 4 months for.

Apart from the odd exception, I’m finding...

United Kingdom on Jul 18, 2021

Amazon Customer: This story has a decent mystery which kept you guessing. The premise that drove the hero and heroine apart was weak, but not overly terrible. The plot itself is pretty good. As always, the places and historical details were on point and interesting. The ending is drawn out to emphasize love and family, but that's what Laurens does in books she writes like this.

What really is getting to me is that Ms. Laurens has gotten away from what she excells at, which is the steamy sex scenes. Now the characters wait until marriage and we get vague references? I mean, I'm not looking for rapey bodice rippers (which Laurens has never done) but something more than this? It really makes the characters less believable. At least put a "this one is squeaky clean" note on it so we don't get out hopes up and get them dashed when we don't get another Where The Heart Leads or A Secret Love.

Maybe I'm no longer the target demographic with her books. That's fine, I guess I just want to know that going in so I can temper expectations.

United States on Jul 16, 2021

East End Lady: The heroine and hero have been estranged for about a decade.
He has been racketing around America losing and restoring his fortune while she has been forced to find an occupation to support her widowed mother and orphaned siblings.
She is now the proprietress of a successful weekly newspaper:- (this would be a quite unlikely thing to happen, but S.L glosses over how she achieved this)
Lord Grayson has gone to the printing works to confront her about a series of exposees she is running, and while the are talking her free-lance photographer is fatally stabbed in his darkroom.
The police are convinced that she is the most likely suspect.
They combine forces to find the real culprit, and the motive behind the killing. The solution involves national security, so the reader encounters several old friends en route.
We are also treated to an extensive course on Victorian printing and early photography. Someone has the novel idea of involving the readers and offering a reward for information.
Despite the obligatory race to the finish there was not much suspense as the outcome seemed inevitable. The narrative is fast and informative so there is little time for sexy...

United Kingdom on Jul 16, 2021