I re-read this a while ago, so my recall is not fresh. That said, for a very dated bodice ripper, this was not bad. The two protagonists were not exactly great communicators, though. If they'd just bothered to actually talk to each other, there wouldn't have been any story at all. ( )

I had this marked as read. But I honestly have no recollection of this book. At all. So reading it was like reading it for the first time.

I actually really enjoyed this. It was an "oldie" but a "goodie"

Christina was raised in America by a tribe of Native Americans. But she was then tutored and sent back to England with the purpose of figuring out the mystery of her mother's death. She meets and instantly falls for the warrior like Lyon.

Lyon, when we meet him, is helplessly watching his wife die as she struggles to give birth to his child. But he finds out that she had cheated on him and the baby wasn't his. So he's pretty jaded about love and romance. When he meets Christina, he's puzzled by her oddness. But he can't see himself marrying again. Until she proposes.

What follows is actually a pretty funny series of events where these two continue to fall for each other. There were parts where I actually laughed out loud.

This was a good start to the series and I can't wait to read. Or in my case, re-read apparently. ( )

Christina Bennett conquistó enseguida a la mejor sociedad londinense. Sin embargo, guardaba afanosamente el secreto de su misterioso pasado hasta la noche en que Lyon, marqués de Lyonwood, le robó un sensual beso. El arrogante aristócrata con pasiones de pirata saboreó el fuego agazapado bajo el frío encanto de Christina y juró poseerla algún día. Pero la desafiante Christina no iba a ser conquistada fácilmente. Celosa de sus afectos y de su fortuna, se resistía a las sensuales caricias de Lyon. No se atrevía a sucumbir a su amor, porque entonces debería descubrir también su precioso secreto y renunciar a su destino. La pasión le desveló la flor de su secreto. La primera novela de la saga «Espías de la Corona».

I liked this well enough that I'll end up reading the rest of the series probably, but not so much that I'll start right away... It just felt sort of middle of the road. The hero was very possessive, more so than I particularly care for, but that didn't keep this from being higher stars for me or anything. Just a heads up if that sways you either way. I liked that the author changed up the typical heroine backstory. I think I've only read one novella from this author previously, the writing in this wasn't above average imo, but it was written quite a while ago, she has likely improved since then. I don't regret reading it. ( )

Hmmm. Better written? Or maybe just more interesting plot details than most of the Garwood I've read. Being raised by Indians gives Christina more character and strength than most romances. But that is typical of Garwood . . . Her females are not usually wimpy. ( )