“An Hour Unspent” ~ Book Review

Once London’s top thief, Barclay Pearce has turned his back on his life of crime and now uses his skills for a nation at war. But not until he rescues a clockmaker’s daughter from a mugging does he begin to wonder what his future might hold.

Evelina Manning has constantly fought for independence, but she certainly never meant for it to inspire her fiancé to end the engagement and enlist in the army. When the intriguing man who saved her returns to the Manning residence to study clockwork repair with her father, she can’t help being interested. But she soon learns that nothing with Barclay Pearce is as simple as it seems.

As 1915 England plunges ever deeper into war, the work of an ingenious clockmaker may give England an unbeatable military edge–and Germany realizes it as well. Evelina’s father soon finds his whole family in danger–and it may just take a reformed thief to steal the time they need to escape.

Rachel’s Back Talk: 

5 – award winning covers

What a fabulous conclusion to Roseanna White’s “Shadows Over England” series! I was so excited when this book came out — yet sad because it would end the series. Barclay lived up to all that I imagined him to be from reading about him in the first two books, so it was wonderful that he got to have his own happy ending as well.

Evelina was such a captivating character. From the very first chapter, you really got a sense of her strong-willed personality, and yet that fear inside her that she believed she wasn’t capable of showing emotion. She also goes through hurt and betrayal her whole life, and so it was beautiful to see how that changed when she began to open herself up to feeling.

And of course, I loved Barclay. He has always done everything for his family and those he cares about, and I enjoyed seeing him take care of his own heart in this book. Barclay and Evelina’s relationship may have started as a game for her mother’s benefit, but it ended up unraveling into something that was true for both of them.

I received a free copy from the author. No review, positive or otherwise, was required — all opinions are my own.

 
About the Author – Roseanna White