Oates raised her brows and looked knowing. She must have put off all of her other projects in favor of satisfying this order.” “I must say, I was astounded that the dressmaker was able to supply so many dresses on such short notice. Together they watched the girls try on the gloves. “Onward to the gloves, ladies.”Įdwina, Theodora, Hannah and Phoebe tore into the wrappings.Ĭoncordia went to stand next to Mrs. I’ll send her up to have a look.”Ĭoncordia waved a hand at the unopened packages. “I expect the gowns will need a bit of taking in here and there, but Nan is a fine hand with needle and thread. “Right, then, that is settled,” Concordia said. Mollified by the knowledge that she was not going to be forced back into a dress, Phoebe studied the gown with a critical eye.

But just in case you want an occasional change, what do you think about the pink gown?” “And you look quite dashing in them, indeed,” Concordia said calmly. “I do not want to go back to wearing dresses. “They will go nicely with that gown.”Ĭoncordia looked at Phoebe. Oates said, holding up a pair of pale yellow high-button boots. “Cheer up now and try on these pretty shoes,” Mrs. “When this affair is concluded, we will see about Joan.” “Please do not cry, dear.” Concordia thrust a handkerchief into her fingers. There's nothing new here, but that's part of Quick's great appeal.Hannah’s lower lip quivered. Who but Quick (The Paid Companion, etc.) finds such joy in chestnuts such as the boy thief mentored by the rich man he tries to rob? Or the dilettante solving cases Scotland Yard can't? Quick plunges into every clich ('Sensation after sensation coursed through her, leaving no room for uncertainty, let alone any sense of modesty'), but energizes her fluid narration with modern sensibilities, gutsy leads and romantic excesses. Courteous, daring, resourceful, Concordia and Ambrose can't wait to ravish each other repeatedly. Concordia returns the favor by helping Ambrose investigate the mysterious death of a London woman. Ambrose escorts the lovely fugitives to safety, protecting them from the criminal mastermind and his aristocratic partner who'd kept them as part of a dastardly plan to use them for profit and pleasure. Concordia Glade, a teacher with past secrets and unconventional ideas about educating women, meets Ambrose Wells, a 'private inquiry agent' with secrets of his own and an unusual tattoo, as she and her four orphaned pupils flee Aldwick Castle, which they have set on fire to hide their escape. Quick (aka Jayne Ann Krentz) gives her fans what they want in her latest historical romance, set in a movieland Victorian England.

Lie by Moonlight by Amanda Quick