When Grace and Reuben meet, she's dressed as a Catholic nun; he's posing as a blind Spanish aristocrat. But he gets an eyeful when the pretty sister lifts her skirt to adjust the little silver derringer strapped to her thigh. So begins this sexy, rollicking ride through the gambling halls and sinful streets of 1880s San Francisco, as an unusual pair of con-artists become partners in crime--and love.
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When Grace and Reuben meet, she's dressed as a Catholic nun; he's posing as a blind Spanish aristocrat. But he gets an eyeful when the pretty sister lifts her skirt to adjust the little silver derringer strapped to her thigh. So begins this sexy, rollicking ride through the gambling halls and sinful streets of 1880s San Francisco, as an unusual pair of con-artists become partners in crime--and love.
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This is an incredibly well-crafted book about an unusual subject for historical romance ? two con-artists who don't trust each other ? but manage to fall in love.
The book opens with our two swindlers on the same stagecoach in the 1880's. Grace Russell is dressed as a Catholic nun and Reuben Jones is the blind Spaniard sitting across from her. Reuben figures out Grace's game quickly; it takes ?Sister Augustine? longer to see Reuben's grafter-side.
When they are relieved of their ?earnings? during a stagecoach robbery, Reuben and Grace decide to escape before too many questions are asked. Sharing the horse of the one robber who was captured, they head off into the distance -- arguing.
The one thing they snag (while the robbery is taking place) is a small Chinese figurine that is part of a set of funereal art. This little sculpture is the key to the rest of the adventures in this story.
I just had to have a copy of this book; other historical romance readers mentioned it often on various sites. However this book didn't grab me. I spent time skimming to the next adventure. I didn't dislike the book ? it just seemed like a funny cartoon; great dialog and funny situations, but not very realistic. I was glad there was an epilogue; without it, I wouldn't have been convinced the couple would stay together.
I've thought about this book for some time before completing a review; CROOKED HEARTS is an excellent title for an unusual book. My problem with this novel was that I watched the action without becoming emotionally involved.
Most of the historical romance I read seems to speak to the reader's heart; this one did not. It is a highly literate, amusing tour de force by a gifted writer; it just didn't speak to my heart. That said, I still think the book deserves at least 4 stars; it is probably the best-crafted, breeziest, fun novel I've read this year.
