a dangerous collaboration by deanna raybourn

This installment was leaps better than the previous book. I love their contrasting (yet similar) personalities and how they play off of each other.

There wasn’t as much banter in this book, but Veronica and Stoker still kept things lively. I’m still not wholly satisfied, but I’m grateful for the small part it did give. If you haven’t been following along with these reviews (I’ve linked them above), I have been desperately waiting for Stoker and Veronica to get their feelings in check and FINALLY admit something to each other. Things kept moving and the curious moments were always around the corner. I love how well this held my attention and that there wasn’t much dragging in the story. I’ve been given something to work with because hot dang I was about to burn this series alive. And as they investigate, it becomes clear that there are numerous mysteries surrounding the Romilly estate, and every person present has a motive to kill Rosamund.Ī Curious Beginning | A Perilous Undertaking | A Treacherous Curse Every invited guest has a connection to Romilly’s wife, Rosamund, who disappeared on her wedding day three years ago, and a dramatic dinner proves she is very much on her husband’s mind.Īs spectral figures, ghostly music, and mysterious threats begin to plague the partygoers, Veronica enlists Stoker’s help to discover the host’s true motivations. But upon arriving, it becomes clear that the party is not as innocent as it had seemed. On the pretext of wanting a companion to accompany him to Lord Malcolm Romilly’s house party, Tiberius persuades Veronica to pose as his fiancée-much to Stoker’s chagrin. Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell is whisked off to a remote island off the tip of Cornwall when her natural historian colleague Stoker’s brother calls in a favor.

Publisher: Berkley / Penguin Random House

A dangerous collaboration by deanna raybourn