This is a re-write of a much earlier book and definitely not my favorite of the series. Evangeline is blackmailed into posing as an impecunious relative of Richard, Duke of Portsmouth. She's to spy on him for the French but doesn't really have the guile to act as a sophisticated widow.
This story dragged a bit. I was never really engaged with their romance and the spying parts were a bit over the top. ( )

Typical historical. Light, easy read. CC brings back some of her characters from other novels. I'm still wondering about those cat races. ( )

Gute Idee, voellig schlecht ausgefuehrt. Sehr, sehr schade.
Manchmal ein Schatten von Erotik, am Schluss ein Hauch von Spannung, aber eigentlich vor allem ein sehr mühsam zu lesendes Buch. Besonders die Dailoge zehren an den Nerven. Dieses sinnlose Gequatsche, ohne Dynamik, ohne Charme und Witz. Wenn überhaupt, dann wurde dieses Buch sehr, sehr lieblos lektoriert. Viele Fehler, auch Druckfehler. Nie wieder Coulter. Etwas Schlechteres von ihr habe ich nie gelesen.

I hate when I can't finish a book but the whole thing seemed so fake-the dialog was irritating, no one really talks like that! It didn't flow well and the characters were silly

What you see isn't necessarily what you get in The Deception from prolific New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter. Evangeline de Beauchamps, a 19-year-old innocent, is forced to spy against her English homeland to save her beloved father from the merciless men attempting to return Napoleon Bonaparte to the French throne. To succeed, she must convince Richard Clarendon, her late cousin's husband and the Duke of Portsmouth, to take her into his home on the English Channel, preferably as nanny to his son, or as the Duke's lover, if necessary. Passing herself off as an experienced widow is more difficult than the virtuous Evangeline ever imagined, especially under the perceptive scrutiny of the Duke, a man who knows--and loves--women, especially one as beautiful and mysterious as Evangeline. And Richard, in spite of his indolent demeanor and long history of affairs d'amour, is no one's fool; he suspects that Evangeline is not telling him the whole truth, but never imagines that she could be connected to the traitor the Duke is attempting to ferret out and bring to justice for murdering one of his friends. Can love find a way to flourish among the secrets and deception? The answer is a resounding "yes!" in Catherine Coulter's moving novel. --Alison Trinkle --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.