You did it! We figured this one out! It is a truth universally acknowledged (by me for certain) that the Bitchery pretty much knows everything, and really, it's true. Scroll down to see the solution for this HaBO - and many thanks!
This HaBO is from Pamela, who is looking for a series she started – but didn’t finish. And she can’t remember it so she can buy the next one. That’s a problem!
Ok, so I read a lot. A LOT. I’m a really fast reader, I can knock out a book in a couple of hours. Those reading times on Amazon are total bull. Anyway, I love coming across a series I enjoy, because, well, lots of books!
I started a series a few years ago and read the first few books, but the next book wasn’t out yet at the time. Now I can’t remember the name of any of the earlier books or the name of the author. Or even how many books there were.
What I remember:
1. Regency
2. All our heroes come from a group of spies. The group might have a name, maybe not.
3. The only plot I can remember from the earlier books is one where a woman (gasp!) wanted to be a spy and was basically in competition for the coveted spy position with a man who is her romantic interest. He knew she was never going to get the position and starts a relationship with her without being honest. I think she was a widow maybe and her deceased husband taught her the spy business, maybe?
4. There is another character who shows up in all the books, the spymaster. The boss man. It’s a big mystery in all the books who he is. Is he someone we’ve met?
5. There was a teaser for the next book that was all about our mystery man.
6. That’s all I got.
Help a bitch out?
I thought this was Joanna Bourne’s Spymaster series, but I don’t think it fits. Do you recognize this book?
I don’t know this one, but I hope someone does, because it sounds like Sarah M catnip. 🙂
Shana Galen has a series that starts with Lord and Lady Spy. It’s a rework of Mr & Mrs Smith. They’re married spies, who don’t know their spouse is also a spy. They end up competing for the same position. It’s OK, but I didn’t care enough about the book to continue with the series.
The HABO is definitely not Bourne, but read her anyway if you haven’t. You won’t regret it.
The Bastion Club, by Stephanie Laurens? I can’t remember #3, but I basically inhaled them over a week last year, so I don’t remember much of the plots.
While some clues look more like Galen’s spy series, the mysterious leader is definitely a key point in Laurens’ Bastion Club series. None of his men know his real name/title and no one in the Ton is allowed to speak his name. Book 3, A Lady of His Own, does include a female spy.
Celeste Bradley or Stephanie Laurens, but definitely not Galen. I haven’t read her stuff in a while but I’ve definitely read this.
Is it possibly one of Celeste Bradley’s spy series? She has two and they both might fit the bill. Here’s one with a female who’s trying to be a spy: One Night With a Spy (Royal Four Book 3) by Celeste Bradley
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001OLRMUU/ref=cm_sw_r_udp_awd_DIOKvb9VYPAF4
*meant Bourne, oops
You guys are awesome! It’s definitely the Celeste Bradley series. Thanks so much!
Lauren Willig Pink Carnation Series
I KNEW this one! That’s a pretty good series, BTW.
I FINALLY know one and I got beat to it. Dang!
I would agree that is sounds like Celeste Bradley or Stephanie Laurens.
Celeste Bradley. Definitely. I am so excited that I knew this. Loved the series.
For anyone looking for more spies, I read and liked Jenna Petersen’s Lady Spies trilogy a few years ago. Might be time to reread…
Oh dang!
I finally knew a HABO and it’s already been solved! I loved Celeste Bradleys two series revolving around the Liars Club, spying, etc.
Drat! I knew this one but was too slow. Celeste Bradley’s spy books are great, a little on the light and fluffy side, but totally fun. I also second Joanna Bourne. Hers are darker, grittier, but so, so good.
I had thought of Shanna Galen’s series, too, and I really, really liked that Bourne book (it felt very different from most of the historicals I’ve read, though I can’t put my finger on exactly why. Also, most literally ass-kicking heroine EVER) so I’m glad this got figured out! Going to try this Bradley series!