I can't wait to learn more about Daphne and Eunice in upcoming novels. The start of the Bleecker Street Inquiry Agency is thrilling, the cases that they take and solve during the course of this novel are both fun and clever, and there's so much potential for further installments in the series with the plethora of women running the agency-all with secrets they are hiding. Both have a great deal to learn about and resolve regarding their pasts before they can confront the future. The romantic tension between the two is palpable, yet they cannot and will not admit it, not even to themselves. I loved the characters, particularly headstrong Gabriella and her childhood friend Nicholas. The 1886 Gilded Age setting among the New York Four Hundred's privileged members provides the perfect backdrop for this enchanting tale. I'm generally not a big historical fiction fan, but the way Turano combines romance, humor, and in this book, a few well thought out mysteries, makes the experience of reading a delight. Can I just gush for a minute about how enjoyable Jen Turano's books are? I am always a little bit giddy when I pick one up because I know I am in for a treat, and this novel was no exception.
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