Spinster Willow Mabson devotes her time to caring for her
mentally unstable mother. Her only relaxation is as a
member of the Ladies' Amateur Sleuth Society. While at a
dinner party, Willow meets Inspector James Sterling. He's
the very man whose career she's been following and sending
anonymous letters to on how to improve his investigative
skills. After a short conversation, James realizes Willow
is the letter-writing pest. When he demeans her
suggestions, a furious Willow issues a challenge. She will
solve his next criminal investigation before he can.
Scotland Yard Inspector James Sterling, the second son of a
peer, takes his career seriously. After seeing
discrimination as a youth, James devotes his life to
seeking justice for the underprivileged. When he meets the
nuisance who criticizes his talent, he takes umbrage at her
jabs and agrees to her preposterous challenge.
When a famous photographer is murdered, it becomes critical
that Willow solve the case as the clues point toward her
mother or father as the killer. Desperate to prove her
parents' innocence, Willow joins James in investigating the
murder. Thrown closely together with James, Willow's famous
control over her emotions begins unraveling. Since they are
as opposite as day and night, Willow and James are
confounded by the desire that flares between them.
Ms. DeHart's third Ladies' Amateur Sleuth Society novel has
an irresistible charm. The characters are an unconventional
delight. She builds sympathy for Willow's dilemma with her
mother while giving her the perfect hero to ease her woes.
TEMPTED AT EVERY TURN is a nice addition to this series and
builds the drama for the final installment.
Proper, sensible Willow Mabson will do anything to protect
her family. So when she finds out that James Sterling — a
dashing, arrogant aristocrat working for Scotland Yard —
suspects her mother in a recent murder, Willow will do
whatever's necessary . . . even solve the case herself! Of
course, this will bring her into a most uncomfortable
proximity with the very tantalizing Mister Sterling. And
try as she might, she finds resisting him her most
difficult challenge.
James has always preferred gritty crime scenes to elegant
balls. And he can immediately deduce that straight-laced,
whip-smart — and exceedingly delectable — Willow isn't your
average vapid, shallow socialite. He longs to release her
carefully restrained sensuality and tempt her into losing
control. But James doesn't count on risking his own heart
in the process.
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