Product Overview
Full of humor, English Regency charm, and starring a whip-smart strong female heroine, this hilarious homage to Jane Austen will ??have readers rooting for love and science? (Entertainment Weekly).
Juliana Telford isn??t your ordinary nineteenth-century lady. She's more interested in publishing her research on ladybugs than in marriage or fashionable dresses. Spencer Northam isn??t your ordinary nineteenth-century gentleman. He??s a spy for the War Office on his first mission. But when Spencer??s assignment involves keeping an eye on the lovely Julianna and her friends, their plans for a season without romance are unapologetically foiled.
Love, Lies and Spies by Cindy Anstey is a debut novel with the perfect mix of romance, action, and adventure, chosen by readers like you for Macmillan's young adult imprint Swoon Reads.
Praise for Love, Lies and Spies:
It??s Jane Austen meets Jane Foster in Anstey??s debut novel, which serves up a delightful combination of Regency romance, scientific curiosity, and spy intrigue for a tale that will have readers rooting for love and science. ??Entertainment Weekly
A tongue-in-cheek nod to Regency romances, Anstey??s lighthearted novel is perfect for readers looking for an Austen-inspired tale of intrigue and romance. The story gets an additional boost from Juliana??s many humorous scrapes, which are unbefitting of a nineteenth-century lady. This would make a nice companion for Garth Nix??s farcical Newt??s Emerald. ??Booklist
Give to young teens in need of a fluffier Patrice Kindl's Keeping the Castle. . . . A cute premise and cover make this a solid purchase for budding historical romance readers. ??School Library Journal
??I cannot tell you how much I love this book. Juliana, Spencer, Bobbington, ALL of them are just so utterly wonderful. This is BETTER than Georgette Heyer. YEP, I SAID IT.? ??Kelly Zekas, author of These Vicious Masks
