Yay, another Vanza master, this time in the Victorian era. Ooh, sends shivers down the spine just thinking about how quick, how intelligent, how agile, how inventive Ambrose Wells is, yum. Truth be told, his father was murdered when he was a young teen, and Ambrose turned to a life of crime to support himself – until he met his match whilst burglarizing a Vanza master! Now he’s turned from the dark side and is one of the good guys. He’s investigating a possible murder when he encounters determined schoolteacher Miss Concordia Glade, hastening four of her tender orphaned charges away from some suspicious goings-on at their ‘school’, a heavily guarded castle. Concordia suspects the girls are being groomed for something very nasty and illegal, and smuggles them out with Ambrose’s assistance and a couple of well-placed bombs! Hooray for Chemistry! Things turn into a very murky stew with further murders a-plenty, and the grim possibility the young girls are being hunted down ruthlessly. Naturally, Ambrose and Concordia get on the job to protect and defend. Concordia is a delight – unconventional, passionate, and such a champion of ‘her girls’ your heart will be caught. Ambrose, on the other hand, is knocked for six by Concordia; something most unusual. He is, after all, a control freak – he is a Vanza master. Snort! Watch falling in love play havoc with them all. Gorgeous!
Here’s a taste: He reached the foot of the staircase and went toward the library. He was generally quite adept when it came to dealing with startling incidents. He paused just inside the library, struck by the fierceness of the emotions that swept over him. All of the heat and intensity of last night’s encounter came back in a great rush. He had never wanted any woman as much as he had wanted Concordia last night.