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  <title><![CDATA[My Lord and Spymaster]]></title>
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  <default_description>Raised as a poor but cunning pickpocket, Jess Whitby may have grown into a wealthy young woman, but now she must once again rely on her guile. Her father's been wrongly accused of selling secrets to Napoleon, and he's going to hang - unless Jess finds the real traitor in the London underworld. She never dreamed her search would begin by waking up naked in a rude captain's bed. Or how little she'd mind...

When Captain Sebastian Kennett prevents a kidnapped on the London docks, he takes the headstrong would-be victim home. He's infatuated with her courageous spirit. She's enthralled by his commanding strength and the sexy spark in his eyes. Then she discovers something else about the spellbinding seaman: He could be the traitor she's hunting, the man whose next move could determine her father's fate - and &lt;i&gt;her&lt;/i&gt; future as well.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">7</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2008</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>My Lord and Spymaster</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Joanna Bourne]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just have to say that that hand on her back is really creeping me out. Does it not look like some kind of giant sci-fi spider? It seems out-of-proportion big. And why do the women wear the tackiest clothing on these covers? Anyway...<br/><br/>What we have here is a rip-snorting good adventure st...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31823245">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Sep 30 08:06:29 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was this year's RWA Rita winner in the Regency Historical category, so I thought I'd take a read, since I wasn't familiar with this author.<br/><br/>A very intense story about a captain and a young woman who grew up in the London East End slums, pickpocketing to survive, but who is now an edu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72992044">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue May 05 12:48:25 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wish I hadn't read Dear Author's review of this book before I finished it. DA had a problem with the writing. She admitted it was good and she liked the style, but something bothered her. Well, I know exactly what that was. Part of the author's style is reversing sentences and repeating things for...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55044290">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50713380">
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  <date_added>Sat Mar 28 10:12:15 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed book 1 a little more, but this was still a very enjoyable book. I love the unusual heroines she chooses. I was a little disappointed to not see more of the characters from the first book. There's an interesting timeline going on in this series where Adrian is a youngish-man in book 1, much...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50713380">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="78398837">
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent.  Don't let the stupid title fool you, this is a truly unique and well-told historical romance.<br/><br/>My Lord and Spymaster is the sequel to The Spymaster's Lady.  I have to give The Spymaster's Lady the edge here, just because the dialogue is so beautifully done in that book that it ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78398837">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="69563478">
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Joanna Bourne is fascinated by spies and spymasters and this is the second book that she has written set during the period of the Napoleonic wars (early 1800's). Her heroines in both books are strong women who are actively engaged in espionage, but for completely different reasons. The books are not...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69563478">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="26511550">
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    <body><![CDATA[I like the first one better as it deals more with the storyline and less with the romance. This one is definitely a romance and not as much historical information as the last book.]]></body>
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    <review id="78096486">
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  <read_at>Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Nov 17 11:29:41 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I LOVED this book.  As with <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/959745.The_Spymaster_s_Lady" title="The Spymaster's Lady by Joanna Bourne">Spymaster's Lady</a>, the hero was a little more alpha than I usually prefer, but also as with <em>Spymaster's Lady</em> I adored the heroine so much it didn't matter.  Jess is tough and smart and funny, and she gets to use her talents to do important plot things.  I loved her backsto...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78096486">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="68247326">
    <user id="1085666">
    <name><![CDATA[Kelly]]></name>
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  <date_added>Thu Aug 20 15:38:50 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 20 15:41:10 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was all right - it probably would have gotten a higher review if I didn't love Joanna Bourne's first novel so much.  This one had less of a plot to string me along, and not as much personality in the hero and heroine.  That being said, it was still a good read - better than a lot of the regency...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68247326">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40518183">
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Dec 20 07:24:11 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book better than the first.  I found the heroine to be really interesting and liked her kind-of mad, spacey genius qualities.]]></body>
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    <review id="36897788">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jen]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Dec 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Dec 12 12:00:54 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[After reading <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=The Spymaster's Lady" title="The Spymaster's Lady">The Spymaster's Lady</a>, I was really excited to read the sequel.  That book is outstanding!  It has a complicated plot, excellent writing, and fun characters.<br/><br/>This book falls short on all marks.  The male lead did not seem so much &quot;romantic&quot; as &quot;obsessed to the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36897788">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67774017">
    <user id="1896514">
    <name><![CDATA[Mllec]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A master class in sexual tension; beneath the painfully cheesy title and wretched cover lies a strong, well-written story.<br/><br/>Jess is an admirable heroine, a survivor; I was fascinated at the scenes with Lazarus which showed how deep her &quot;training&quot; ran.  Sebastian is the tasty kind of hero who...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67774017">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52331354">
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    <name><![CDATA[Verity]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Regrettably, I wasn’t as entertained by this 1 as I was w/ TSL. I was bored outta my mind @ many parts of this bland sophomore slump. Perhaps I’ve made a grave error in reading MLAS &amp; the resplendent “The spymaster’s lady” back to back, ‘cuz MLAS pales in comparison by a few shades. Ther...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52331354">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51618186">
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    <body><![CDATA[The heroine of My Lord and Spymaster is Jess Whitby. Jess may seem like a respectable lady with a fortune and a successful business, but Jess has an unfortunate past as being a former thief who lived in the underbelly of Katherine Lane in London. Her father, who I really thought of as a total jackas...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51618186">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="35316166">
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The heroine is the daughter of a shipping merchant who's been arrested as a traitor. She knows he's not guilty, so she's trying to catch the man she believes is. But she's caught herself, instead, by someone trying to kill her. The hero, who is of course the man she suspects as the traitor, rescues ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35316166">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41221535">
    <user id="608707">
    <name><![CDATA[Jane]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book probably suffered in my estimation because I read it hard on the heels of Bourne's fabulous THE SPYMASTER'S LADY, which I adored. This second book is well-written and a pleasant diversion, but it didn't measure up to the first book for me. The premise of a reformed thief turned merchant pr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41221535">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A master class in sexual tension; beneath the painfully cheesy title and wretched cover lies a strong, well-written story.<br/><br/>Jess is an admirable heroine, a survivor; I was fascinated at the scenes with Lazarus which showed how deep her &quot;training&quot; ran.  Sebastian is the tasty kind...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41827375">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I was expecting more from Bourne after her first book.  The writing is still marvelously solid and the dialogue actually works (I find it a common weak point in romances), but there's too much sheer physical attraction from the get-go, and the heroine is a bit preposterously talented.  Plus ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57580108">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wish I could give half stars here because this book was NEARLY a five. The only reason I didn't give it five stars was because I thought Joanne Bourne's debut novel was better. Both are BEAUTIFULLY written, but the protagonist of this one didn't have quite such a unique voice as I would've liked. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69447895">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Action, historical, romance. 5 stars because it's a great book on many levels. BUT..for me, I'm distracted by her writing. It's lovely writing, but I notice the words more than the story. Crazy.I still recommend giving author Joanne Bourne a try, especially if you like historicals and action/adventu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76642646">more...</a>]]></body>
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