THIEF OF SHADOWS, book four in the Maiden Lane Series
is the
book fans have been waiting for so long. We finally get
Winter Makepeace's story and Author Elizabeth Hoyt does not
disappoint. Winter is the head of his family and manager of
the Home for Unfortunate Infants and Foundling Children who
just happens to have a secret life as the Ghost of St.
Giles. By day he portrays the calm, mild mannered school
master and by night he lets out his hidden darkness to
protect the people of St. Giles. Winter is pleased with the
new building for the home thanks to The Ladies Syndicate for
the Benefit of the Home for Unfortunate Infants and
Foundling Children but it seems the Ladies Syndicate have
ground rules for him. As the benefactor for the home The
Ladies Syndicate wants someone who is respectable
representing the home that wouldn't embarrass them. They
assign Lady Beckinhall to tutor Winter in proper decorum.
Winter has never had a relationship and he isn't about to
start now when a group known as The Lassie Snatchers are at
large, he definitely is not interested in Lady Isabel
Beckhinhall. Now if his brain would convince his heart of
that he might begin to believe it. Lady Isabel is a proper
widow who has discretely been with other men but no one
prepared her for Winter. Isabel knows they are from
different classes and he is keeping something very important
from her so she will not allow anything to happen between
the two of them. That's what she keeps telling herself but
as she tries to see behind Winter's mask she finds she has
donned a mask for the ton and with Winter Isabel can remove
her mask. Unfortunately if she no longer uses her mask what
will protect her heart?
THIEF OF SHADOWS is dark and delicious. Hoyt gives us the
gritty life in St. Giles but instead of it being a story
about someone overcoming the adversity of poverty and
"getting out" we are given the heart of Winter Makepeace.
Winter has no intentions of leaving instead he fights to
make it better and safer for the residents. The Maiden
Lane
Series has been a rare gem from which I personally look
forward to
each new novel. Book four THIEF OF SHADOWS is now my
favorite but I look forward to seeing what Hoyt has in store
for us next.
A MASKED MAN . . .
Winter Makepeace lives a double life. By day he's the stoic
headmaster of a home for foundling children. But the night
brings out a darker side of Winter. As the moon rises, so
does the Ghost of St. Giles-protector, judge, fugitive.
When the Ghost, beaten and wounded, is rescued by a
beautiful aristocrat, Winter has no idea that his two
worlds are about to collide.
A DANGEROUS WOMAN . . .
Lady Isabel Beckinhall enjoys nothing more than a
challenge. Yet when she's asked to tutor the Home's dour
manager in the ways of society-flirtation, double-
entendres, and scandalous liaisons-Isabel can't help
wondering why his eyes seem so familiar-and his lips so
tempting.
A PASSION NEITHER COULD DENY
During the day Isabel and Winter engage in a battle of
wills. At night their passions are revealed . . . But when
little girls start disappearing from St. Giles, Winter must
avenge them. For that he might have to sacrifice everything-
the Home, Isabel . . . and his life.
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