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Eleventh Hour (The Carstairs Affairs, #1)

Elin Gregory

Start date: August 7, 2017

Finish date: August 31, 2017

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Oct 30, 2016 Elisa Rolle rated it it was amazing

2016 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Eleventh Hour by Elin Gregory
1) I will have to keep my eyes open for more stories by this author as she pulled me into this story from the beginning.
2) Thoroughly enjoyable and historically fun story of espionage and an unusual romance, with great characters.
3) I must confess that I'm a huge Helen MacInnes fan, so the storyline of Eleventh Hour by Elin Gregory was right up my alley. Having lived in England, I am also a big fan of the Victorian sewer systems ...more

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Aug 24, 2017 Jordan Lombard rated it it was amazing

Shelves: a-own-ebook, g-historical, a-own, g-romance-m-m, y-2017read, a-favorites, g-suspense, bom-jl-group, bpl-qlr-read, y-2020read

Title/Author:Eleventh Hour by Elin Gregory
Series/Standalone: The Carstairs Affairs #1
Genre/Sub-Genre: Historical Spy Thriller/MM Romance
Book Format: ebook
Length: 248 pages
LGBTQ+ Orientation: Gay, Miles likes to dress as a woman, Millie, on occasion, but is not transgender.
HEA/HFN: Yes
Violence: Yes
Ratio of Sex/Plot: Heavy on the plot.
Well Written/Editor Needed: Well written
Would I Re-Read?: I first read this book in 2017, and so 2020 is my second read in prep for the second book in the series. Th ...more

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Aug 04, 2016 Jan rated it it was amazing

I suck at writing reviews so I don't often bother, but Eleventh Hour is so brilliant that I felt I have to share.
It is very rare that I find a historical mm tale that hits the right notes for me but this is right up there with Charlie Cochrane's Cambridge Histories or Josh Lanyon's Snowball in Hell.
The characters ring true, both the main and minor players are true to life with a depth that made me really care about what happened to them. Their language and mannerisms are spot on and the 1920s Lo ...more

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Sep 24, 2016 Antonella rated it it was amazing

4.5
Well written, great plot, great dialogues and internal dialogues, both main characters are believable and likable. Briers and Miles are both gay, but they don't know this detail about each other when they are paired for a mission. I liked the fact that they communicate when there are problems or misunderstandings. The fact that Briars is overprotective towards Miles is irritating but somehow understandable because Miles lacks the experience on the field and is objectively slightly built. The ...more

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Jan 04, 2017 Colette rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance, favorites, m-m, thriller-espionage, historical, 2017

Starting off the new year right

Hopefully everything else I read this year will be as enjoyable. Anarchists, spies, foreign agents, evil plots and Millie! Highly recommended.

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Aug 02, 2016 Jax rated it liked it

Shelves: 3-star, historical

This is well written, but didn’t tickle my fancy like it has for many of my GR friends. Miles is an interesting character. A small man, underestimated and ridiculed by his colleagues, he blossoms as his more confident alter ego Millie. But I didn’t feel anything special for Briers or their budding relationship. Likewise, their mission progresses in a workmanlike fashion, but didn’t exactly raise my heart rate.

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