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Dear Stranger (Warner, Historical Romance)

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In 1848 England, Lily Adler, daughter to extremely wealthy parents,
decides to never marry. Having wealth allows her to flaunt society's
dictum that girls must marry to be complete. However, Lily does find
herself very attracted to the opposite sex. To satisfy her curiosity,
she decides to embark on a "scientific" study on how a male thinks.

.......Lily chooses Oliver Worth, an employee of her father, to learn all there
is about the male animal. Oliver has a hidden agenda. He plans to prove
his father was innocent of the scandal that destroyed his family's
reputation. This job provides him the perfect disguise to go undercover
in order to learn the truth. However, Lily has her own agenda. What
started as harmless questioning is becoming much more intimate. However,
also undercover lurks a killer, whose agenda is to leave the past buried
even if it means killing Oliver to insure that occurs.

......Stella Cameron writes some of the most memorable historical romances on
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While I agree with the previous reviews that this book has some charming aspects (Lily's study of the "Male mysteries"; the unlikely villan), overall I was very disappointed. My particular complaints with this novel are the unfounded, mecurial temperaments of it's main characters. One paragraph they're verbally assaulting one another, and the next whispering endearments with no apparent resolution to the previous confrontation. Also, the book moved so slowly at times, I found myself skipping pages to more interesting parts. However, I applaud Ms. Cameron on her antagonists. A more motley, thoroughly amoral group has never existed.

This is the first historical romance that I have read by Ms. Cameron. I was a bit skeptical since I LOVE her contemporary books. But this took me by surprise. It is a good suspense story with a wonderful unexpected twist that will leave readers with their mouths open. The love story between Lily and Oliver is equally wonderful. Lily being an "old maid" of 25 knows her mind and trusts this man with her"mysteries" as he will with his. I enjoyed it ! I will eagerly look for other books in this genre by her and hope they are as entertaining as this one.