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Guardian Angel (Crown's Spies, Bk 2)
Guardian Angel - Crown's Spies, Bk 2
Author: Julie Garwood
The Emerald flew across the seas, carrying the pirate Pagan -- despised by the ton, whose riches he plundered, and beloved by the poor, whose plight was eased by his gifts. — The Marquess of Cainewood vows to hunt down the pirate wretch in revenge for his brother's death. But when Jade, an enchanting vision of rippling red hair and eyes of je...  more »
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PBS Market Price: $8.09 or $4.19+1 credit
ISBN-13: 9780671670061
ISBN-10: 0671670069
Publication Date: 5/1/1990
Pages: 384
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4 stars, based on 299 ratings
Publisher: Pocket
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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From Publishers Weekly
Garwood fails here to integrate romance and mystery elements as effectively as she did in The Bride. There's too much heavy breathing in the book's first half, too many convoluted political intrigues in the second. The year is 1815. The Marquess of Cainewood, hunting London's slums for the pirate Pagan whom he assumes killed his brother, traps instead a seemingly despairing young woman named Jade, who seeks to hire Caine to commit a murder--her own. Caine offers her protection instead, little suspecting that she is Pagan and her real object is to stay close so that she and her followers can defend him: traitors in the War Office, who tried to slay her brother as well as his, may now be after Caine too. The couple's stormy romance gets off to an instant if ludicrously implausible start that very first night, when Caine wanders into Jade's bedroom and finds her uncovered and completely naked. By the time their respective brothers reappear and the pursuit begins for the renegades, it's much too late for the reader to take any serious interest in the villains or their tiresome schemes.
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louisiana-susan avatar reviewed Guardian Angel (Crown's Spies, Bk 2) on + 25 more book reviews
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Oh how I love this book! It's a definite keeper for me that I bring out whenever I need a tried and true story to make me smile and to impress me with good characters and good love scenes.
justreadingabook avatar reviewed Guardian Angel (Crown's Spies, Bk 2) on + 1707 more book reviews
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Love the characters and storylines of JG books. Rich flowing details with a fun romantic plot to keep you turning the pages. One of my fav's.
barbsis avatar reviewed Guardian Angel (Crown's Spies, Bk 2) on + 1076 more book reviews
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Jade is taking Caine on a merry chase. Her motives are unclear as well as her end game. She's fed him lie after lie interspersed with some truth and he fell for it hook, line and sinker. Now Lyon and Christina (from [book:The Lion's Lady|107783] are involved. Of course, Christina is convinced that Jade is Caine's destiny and with the immediate attraction between them, there is really no doubt.

A wonderful tale of pirates, conspiracies and romance. Julie Garwood has another winner.
reviewed Guardian Angel (Crown's Spies, Bk 2) on + 10 more book reviews
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I own every book Julie Garwood has published and I love every one of them, especially Gardian Angel. She is a priate he is a Marquess, He thinks a priate killed his brother (who is very much alive). He falls in love with her and she falls in love with him. And the story begins.. A wonderful read, a must have......
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vdeere avatar reviewed Guardian Angel (Crown's Spies, Bk 2) on + 23 more book reviews
Fun escapist reading. Easy read.
jondalton avatar reviewed Guardian Angel (Crown's Spies, Bk 2) on + 3 more book reviews
This book had a lot of possibility. Unfortunately, non-stop head-hopping between the characters (including many brief and unnecessary hops to minor characters for no good reason) ruined this book for me. I spent so much time trying to figure out whose point of view I was in that it kept pulling me out of the narrative. Otherwise, I would have given this book a four. Definitely not a keeper for me, and now I'm almost dreading reading the sequel if the head-hopping is as bad in that one as it is in this one.

If excessive head-hopping doesn't bother you, then you might enjoy this book a lot more than I did.
BookJo avatar reviewed Guardian Angel (Crown's Spies, Bk 2) on + 47 more book reviews
This is my favorite Garwood book. It's a historical romance with strong, fun characters and dialog that made me laugh at loud. It's one I keep on my shelf and re-read when I want to smile.

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Common Title
Series
The Crown Spies  2 of 4
People/Characters
Caine, the Marquess of Cainewood (Primary Character)
Jade (Primary Character)
Pagan, the pirate (Major Character)
Sterns, Caine's butler (Major Character)

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