Wicked (Harlequin Historical) [Paperback]

Beth Henderson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (February 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373291981
• ISBN-13: 978-0373291984
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,237,869 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Beth Daniels currently writes as Beth Henderson and J.B. Dane, though she answered to Lisa Dane and Beth Cruise in the past as well. She has worked with editors at Berkley, Zebra, Leisure, Harlequin/Silhouette, and Simon and Schuster's Aladdin Paperbacks, done e-books for a now defunct company (not her fault, she says), and began her writing life with hardcover books slated for library use with a publisher that got out of the romance business (again, not her fault). More recently she's had a number of articles about writing picked up by e-zines, saw a short story published in a mystery and suspense magazine that turned up its toes the next year (really, really not her fault), and has a story ("The Dragon's Tale" written as J.B. Dane) in the MOTHER GOOSE IS DEAD anthology from Damnation Books. She is the author of WRITING STEAMPUNK. And the co-author of LOVING TRIXIE FINE, a Babyboomer contemporary romantic comedy adventure fantasy.

For over a dozen years Beth taught college level composition, both in the classroom and online, and a credit course on Novel Writing. Now she puts her history degree, rather than the English one, to work ferreting out facts about life in Britain and America, then spinning the details off into online workshops and in-progress non-fiction tomes. Oh, yes, she also writes novels when not engaged on these other projects.

In fact, twenty-eight of Beth's novels have appeared in print and/or e-book format, and in 12 different languages in over 20 countries.

Visit her website: www.RomanceAndMystery.com

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wicked Fun, March 10, 2002

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M. E. Gray "Hoyden of Haiku" (Southeastern VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wicked (Harlequin Historical) (Paperback)

Lilly Renfrew is a dutiful daughter and a not-too-hopeful spinster in San Francisco in the 1880's, but she is also a talented photographer. While taking pictures in the city's notorious Barbary Coast area, Lilly witnesses the murder of a prostitute she had befriended. Fleeing the murderer, she runs into (literally) Deegan Galloway, who hides her and saves her life.

Lilly is determined to see justice done and doesn't realize how much in harm's way she is putting herself. Deegan does. He had a former life in the Coast as Digger O'Rourke and he slips back into it to help and protect Lilly, even though he believes his past makes him unworthy of Lilly. She has her own doubts about fitting into what she perceives as Galloway's upper crust world. In addition, she must cope with invalid parents, an interfering sister, and an aloof brother.

This is a well written and, as best I can tell, well researched historical romance. Possibly Deegan and Lilly are a little too modern in their thinking, but I don't know that for a fact and it's a minor quibble. The main characters are very likable and many of the supporting characters are noteworthy as well. The villains are dastardly but believable.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and will look for other work by this author.

3.0 out of 5 stars Wicked, January 8, 2010

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Jasmyn A. Dieck "Jasmyn" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wicked (Harlequin Historical) (Paperback)

Lilly Renfrew has just witnessed a murder. She doesn't care it if was "just" a prostitute...to her it is still another human being. A small gasp betrays her and the murderer realized he's been watched leading to a chance through the Barbary Coast area and directly into Deegan Galloway's arms.

Deegan has been bored...he wants adventure, and when the little wren, Lilly, stumbles into his arms trying to escape from a man chasing her, he is quick to oblige. Once he hears her story he decides to join in the hunt for the murderer.

While this is labeled a Romance, and it does have a few steamy scenes in it, it was more of an action/mystery in my opinion. The hunt for the murderer leads to all manner of unusual circumstances and list of highly unlikely suspects. The author does a wonderful job of keeping the true bad guy's identity a secret until almost the very end, which I admire a lot.

Lilly and Deegan are both wonderful characters that are struggling to realize who they really are underneath. Their journey together is fun to follow and I truly enjoyed watching them become who they really were.

3/5

5.0 out of 5 stars Not an Indian romance, February 22, 2008

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Beth Henderson (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wicked (An Indian Romance) (Harlequin Historical Romance #598) (Paperback)

No idea where this designation came from as the story takes place in 1880 in San Francisco. See the listing for WICKED without the "Indian" notation for there are no Indians in it, nowhere, no how. Otherwise, in my humble opinion as the author, it is a wonderful story. :-)