What do you do when you have been passed over countless
times in favor of your prettier, but far more boring sister?
Hold your head high, of course! Barbara may not be quite as
pretty, but she has wit and grace. Helen, her sister, was
engaged to Teddy, Ben's cousin. Teddy suspects the fair
Helen of cheating on him with a footman casting suspicion on
Teddy as the potential murderer when the footman is
murdered. Neither Ben nor Barbara believe their kin to be
capable of murder and decide to band together to discover
the truth.
Barbara is a great main character. Her only potential flaw
could be that she doesn't think enough of herself she is
that "perpetual victim," at times. Otherwise, she is far
more intelligent, witty, and sweet than many other
characters in this book. Ben, with homosexual myths floating
around about his father, is a little more rough around the
edges. He tried to make himself into the true man or at
least how he believes a true man would look like and act. If
you're anticipating a horrible philanderer, have no fear,
Ben is not promiscuous in the story, though he alludes to a
sordid past plenty of times. The other characters are fairly
well-developed and fit into the author's tale perfectly.
A TRYST WITH TROUBLE is fast-paced, a little bit of romance
mixed in with intrigue and mystery. This reader liked the
developing relationship between Ben and Barbara. It's not an
instantaneous relationship, but focuses more on building
trust, making A TRYST WITH TROUBLE a find for those of us
who enjoy a character based story.
Dogged for years by painful gossip about his father’s
homosexuality, the Marquess of Beningbrough—Ben, to his
friends—has protected himself by becoming the ultimate
man’s man.
Passed over by suitor after suitor in favor of
her pretty but vapid younger sister, clever, forthright
Lady Barbara Jeffords has reached the disappointing
conclusion most men are shallow, boorish clods.
When a
philandering footman turns up dead, the two square off:
he’s sure she’s determined to pin the crime on his hapless
young cousin, while she thinks he means to shift the blame
to her sister.
To find the real killer, Ben and Barbara
must declare a truce that threatens to expose both their
buried insecurities and their growing desire for each other.
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