What Goodreads says:
"The
second half of Disenchanted & Co.—the thrilling conclusion. In a
steampunk version of America that lost the Revolutionary War, Charmian (Kit)
Kittredge makes her living investigating magic crimes and exposing the frauds
behind them. While Kit tries to avoid the nobs of high society, as the
proprietor of Disenchanted & Co. she follows mysteries wherever they
lead.
Lady
Diana Walsh calls on Kit to investigate and dispel the curse she believes
responsible for carving hateful words into her own flesh as she sleeps. While
Kit doesn’t believe in magic herself, she can’t refuse to help a woman
subjected nightly to such vicious assaults. As Kit investigates the Walsh
family, she becomes convinced that the attacks on Diana are part of a larger,
more ominous plot—one that may involve the lady’s obnoxious husband.
Sleuthing in the city of Rumsen is
difficult enough, but soon Kit must also skirt the unwanted attentions of
nefarious deathmage Lucien Dredmore and the unwelcome scrutiny of police Chief
Inspector Thomas Doyle. Unwilling to surrender to either man’s passion for her,
Kit struggles to remain independent as she draws closer to the heart of the
mystery. Yet as she learns the truth behind her ladyship’s curse, Kit also
uncovers a massive conspiracy that promises to ruin her life—and turn Rumsen
into a supernatural battleground from which no one will escape alive."
I loved Disenchanted & Co.,
Part 1, Her Ladyship’s Curse and when Edelweiss offered Part 2: His Lordship
Possessed I asked for and received a copy. Then it disappeared, at least that is what I thought
happened. I could not find it on
my Kindle. Of course it did not
really disappear because I finally found it two months after it was released.
I was not disappointed in His Lordship Possessed. Kit and Lucien work both
together and against each other in Part 2. There is a thrill a minute in Part 2 . Nothing was working for Kit or Lucien and it looked like there would not be another book in the series. It appeared that everything was
lost and then there was a very surprising twist. That twist really set up the next book in the series.
Most of the world and character
building was done in Part 1. The
two parts are really one book so do not try to read this as a stand-alone. Part 2 was action, action, action and
it was very well written. I look
forward to The Clockwork Wolf, the next book in the series.
Simon and Schuster published His Lordship Possessed by Lynn Viehl in 2013.
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