What Janine is Reading: June 2012

My June reading was a mixture of the good and the disappointing. Here’s what I read:

[image error]A Gentleman Undone by Cecilia Grant

I loved Grant’s debut, A Lady Awakened. This is the follow up, about the brother of the heroine from the earlier book, an officer in the Napoleonic Wars who sold his commission and finds it hard to reintegrate into society.

At a gaming club, Will meets Lydia Slaughter, card sharp and another man’s mistress. When he confronts her about her having cheated him of his winnings, he...