The Charmer (Liars Club, Book 4) | 
 enlarge | Author: Celeste Bradley
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
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Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0312999712
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
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Publication Date: October 5, 2004
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Product Description
Collis Tremayne could make any female swoon; yet no one would guess the hidden desperation that drove him to become the most skilled spy in service to the Crown. All that stands in his way...is Rose Lacey, a confounding chit who manages to outsmart him with cunning and courage. She is the only woman he cannot melt with his smile. With every breath, he wishes he never laid eyes on her. And with every flash of her green eyes, he craves to possess her...Rose Lacey fought hard to meet the challenge of becoming a spy for the infamous Liars Club. And if it weren't for Collis Tremayne, who manages to make her blood boil with his arrogance, and leave her breathless with white hot longing, she'd achieve her dream. Now, they must work together on a secret mission to uncover a dangerous plot-one in which the very safety of England hangs in the balance. Armed with wit and wiles, they must face deadly intrigue, clever enemies, and-if they can manage not to murder one another-the intoxicating lure of unbidden passion...
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 give it a miss May 4, 2007
I tried and tried to read this book. But, I was half way through it and still trying to convince myself to keep going. Don't bother
 New to Celeste Bradley March 4, 2007
I am new to Celeste Bradley's Liars Series. I really enjoyed this book. I especially love the humor in her writing and the very strong female lead. I will be buying more of this series.
I would pass..... October 16, 2006
The Charmer (Liar's Club) by Celeste Bradley was terrible. I found myself half-way through the book skimming and skipping parts - just to get to the end. Collis Termayne was a great character in the early novels but lacked something in this one.
 First Half of Book Was Tedious August 21, 2006
Collis was indeed charming, and Rose was fantastic, a perfect heroine, but the telling of the story through the first half was tedious and uninteresting. I found it interesting that all of the Liar and Royal Four stories took place in the same year, 1813. That could have been a disaster but the author pulled it off very well. I've never read another series with that many books in it, where the time line was so close. Well done.
Best of the first 4 books August 18, 2006
Finally Bradley delivers a story that has engaging plot and characters that mostly stay true to themselves in the end. The conclusion and feeling of a well-deserved romance is delivered in a logical fashion with this story (unlike the first 3 novels that took an abrupt turn midway through and became an entirely different story later).
Rose is a spunky modern woman who has risen above her class to become something deserving of heroism. Collis is the drifting heir apparent desperately in need of a dose of humility as well as purpose to help him recover the man he could be. Together they are the man and woman after.
Only niggles are the historically inaccurate bits. A portly Prince Regent traipsing days through tunnels, scaling wet caverns and surviving a bloody beating is pure fantasy. And there's a complete misunderstanding of the rights of royal inheritance. No bastard son of a royal could be made king at that time. If that were true then Queen Victoria would have given up her throne to one of William IV's bastard brood instead.
But Prinny comes off as a thoroughly likeable character here, whilst the entire series makes one loathe Liverpool. Forsythe is another fun character. Ethan Damont is an odd duck that seems more at home in a Western saloon though (exactly why would a well trained spy seek out the help of a card shark on a rescue mission?. The brothel bits a mildly disturbing given what goes on.
My only unforgivable sin is that twice the hero doesn't seem to behave with emotional honest or depth. In two crucial points where the heroine is believed or actually suffers some emotional turmoil we never see the hero follow through on appropriate feelings. He doesn't get outraged or addresses the situation with her. Just glossed over.
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