#35 - And Only To Deceive

Book No:35
Title: And Only to Deceive
Author: Tasha Alexander
Genre: Historical Fiction
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Rating: 3.5/5*****

Lady Emily Ashton is less than upset when her husband Viscount Philip Ashton dies on an African safari. Although he seemed a nice enough person, Emily did not love him, and the marriage was, for her, one of convenience, a way to have a home of her own away from her overbearing mother. So it is with much surprise that Emily finds herself falling in love with her husband through his journals, which she has begun to read. She also learns that in fact, her husband was very much in love with her. As she learns more about her husband the more she wishes to have known him better while he was alive. Soon however she begins to suspect Philip may have been involved in black market antiquities, and it’s possible he isn’t really dead.
A clever Victorian mystery, I enjoyed the character of Lady Ashton and the mystery of the antiquities. I enjoyed seeing her character grow and change through learning of her husband’s passions and had a good time reading the book as well.