St. Martin's Press
Featuring: Eva Warrick; Jack Dalton
384 pages ISBN: 1250015596 EAN: 9781250015594 Kindle: B00AAYF8SA Mass Market Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Jack Dalton is an escaped convict with one singular mission,
to complete the act that sent him to Dunmoor Prison in the
first place. When a group of mostly toffs forcibly enlists
him to their cause, his one thought is to use them to get
close enough to his target to fulfill his burning need to
see his sister's murderer dead. That is, his only thought
until he encounters the prim yet passionate Miss Eva
Warrick.
Eva Warrick has been a member of Nemesis Unlimited for five
years. They have done good work in that time, finding a
measure of justice for those wronged by the upper echelons
of society. Nemesis has used men of Dalton's ilk in the past
to bring them the knowledge they seek but never has a man
brought such inconvenient and pleasurable response to the
time spent in his company.
I normally don't comment much on cover images, but the
portrait used for the cover of SWEET REVENGE is one of the
most fitting I've seen. There's no namby pamby Regency rake
decorating this unusual historical romance, the brawny, sexy
model with shadowed face and corded arms does a great job of
representing the sheer bulk of a man after years of prison
labor.
I have been reading Zoë Archer since first discovering her
Blades of the Rose series and she has become one of my
favorite authors. With this new series she has re-examined
historical romance and brought some interesting twists to
the table. The two main characters, Eva and Jack are not
from the more usually used ranks of the Ton; rather they
come from genteel poverty (Eva is the daughter of
missionaries) and the dankest alleys of London (Jack was a
skilled house breaker, boxer and body guard/bully boy before
his stint in prison.)
The other characters are equally vivid. I am looking forward
to book two in the Nemesis, Unlimited series to
follow more of their stories
Zoë Archer's central premise, that of a secret group seeking
justice for those not powerful enough to gain it on their
own, fits well with the swelling tides of reform discerned
in this period of history. Best of all, Archer brings her
powerful storytelling to a new series, one just as
captivating as the rest of her work. The power, passion,
suspense and romance sing throughout this tale of two very
different people brought together by desire and their need
to see justice done.
When Jack Dalton escapes from Dunmoor Prison, he has only
one thing in mind—finding the nobleman who murdered his
sister and making him pay. But when he reaches the inn where
the Lord Rockley is rumored to be staying, three
well-dressed strangers are there to meet him instead. And
the pretty blonde is aiming a pistol right at his head …
Joining Nemesis, Unlimited has made Eva Warrick much more
than the well-mannered lady she appears to be—one who can
shoot, fight, and outsmart any man in the quest to right the
injustices so often suffered by the innocent. She’s not
afraid of the burly escaped convict, but she is startled by
their shared attraction. She and her partners need Jack’s
help to get to Rockley, but Eva finds she wants Jack for
scandalous reasons all her own…
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