A Boldly Daring Scheme by Lynn Messina

 Up until this book, all of the stories have been narrated by Beatrice Hyde-Clare, now a newly-minted duchess. She has described her cousin Flora as somewhat caring but basically a fluff brain. In this book, we jump into Flora's first person narration and see that, yes, she is sort of fluff-brained but that may, in part, be because no one has asked her to step up. In this book, she decides to do it on her own.

Even though Beatrice is now married, Flora knows that Beatrice must be missing her former fiance. Of course, Flora hasn't quite figured out that the fiance is fake but... at least her search gives her a purpose in her life. Of course, it does put her in the notice of Mr. Holcroft. She danced with him once but... meh. And now he's asking her what she things she's doing and being almost interesting.

An interesting diversion from the Beatrice books but Flora is still a bit vapid, even when she's doing interesting things. I have a feeling that she could grow into a stronger character but it wasn't in this book.

Three Stars

This book came out October 23, 2020

Follows A Sinister Establishment

Followed by A Ghastly Spectacle

This book came out June 16th, 2020

Borrowed as ebook from Kindle Unlimited

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