NOTE: This is a scheduled post.
Waiting on Wednesdays is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, featuring upcoming releases we’re eagerly anticipating.
Title: An Affair with Mr. Kennedy
Author: Jillian Stone
Release Date: January 31, 2012 (St. Martin’s)
ISBN: 978-1-4516-2900-2
Series: The Gentlemen of Scotland Yard #1
Genre: Historical Romance (Victorian)
From Goodreads.com: London, 1887. Part stoic gentleman, part fearless Yard man, Zeno “Zak” Kennedy is an enigma of the first order. For years, the memory of a deadly bombing at King’s Cross has haunted the brilliant Scotland Yard detective. His investigation has zeroed in on a ring of aristocratic rebels whose bloody campaign for Irish revolution is terrorizing the city. When he discovers one of the treacherous lords is acquainted with his free-spirited new tenant, Cassandra St. Cloud, his inquiry pulls him unexpectedly close to the heart of the conspiracy—and into the arms of a most intriguing lady.
Cassie is no Victorian prude. An impressionist painter with very modern ideas about life and love, she is eager for a romantic escapade that is daring and discreet. She sets her sights on her dour but handsome landlord, but after she learns their meeting was not purely accidental, she hardly has a chance to forgive her lover before their passionate affair catapults them both into a perilous adventure.
Comments: I saw this featured on a previous WoW and loved the sound of it. It’s set in the late 1800s, so it’s Victorian and not a Regency, and that will be a nice change of pace. Plus, Scotland Yard — who doesn’t love a good cop/detective story? 😉
What book are you eagerly waiting for?