A Wild Justice

I loved the book. It was well done and the language put me in the Regency period. It was not just a comedy of manners so typical of the Regency novel (and part of the reason I love them), but Ms Ranstrom added suspense and it spiced up the romance with a goodly amount of tension. I liked the characters, and loved the hero. I like books where women have friends and can count on each other to do the right thing. I'd recommend this book to everyone.

A Wild Justice is a fun, light-hearted read. I loved Lady Annica in her trousers, climbing down her trellis to escape into the night on her wild adventures. The woman is fearless and just as we'd like all our heroines to be. Tristan, is gorgeous, sexy, and to die for. How could she possibly resist him, once he set his sights and his not-so-noble intentions on Annica? I highly recommend buying this book, curling up in front of the fire with a hot cup of tea and reading it from cover to cover. Enjoy!!

I decided to write this review after reading Ms. Ranstrom's second book, and the reason I did was that I thought that readers should be aware that we have a delightful new author who will keep us entertained and enchanted for years to come. As she continues to develop her unique style, who knows where Ms. Ranstrom will end up. I, for one, can not wait to see what she does next, and of course I will always look forward to more of the Wednesday Legue.

The premise of this historical romance novel is a little implausible (I don't think young ladies could have gone scurrying about all over London proper without some male family member noticing something and putting his foot down), but I rather enjoyed reading this book. The novel revolves around two subplots that are interconnected -- the first subplot involves a group of ladies hell bent on avenging wronged women; while the second subplot revolves around the pursuit of one of these young ladies by a very marriage minded gentleman. The second subplot is a rather predictable one -- you can almost guess what's going happen with each chapter as it does follow the usual formulae very closely. However, what really lifts "A Wild Justice" out of the realm of the ordinary, and makes it refreshingly different and worth reading, is the subplot involving ladies' pursuit of some much needed but rather 'wild' justice.Lady Annica Sayles is a bit of a hellion: she smokes, gambles, flirts (but discreetly, of course) and has absolutely no intention of marrying. What Lady Annica is absolutely passionate about however, is meting out some much needed justice on the behalf of wronged women, on certain cads in society. In this, she is ably assisted by her friends: Charity Wadlow, Constance Bennington, Grace Forbrush and Lady Sarah Hunter. Currently, the ladies are pursuing the 'gentlemen' who raped Lady Sarah. However, another case has also caught their attention: that of the mysterious disappearance of a governess. Unanimously, the ladies agree to investigate the woman's disappearance, esp since it seems to the third such disappearance in a matter of weeks. Elsewhere, Tristan Sinclair, the Earl of Auberville, has decided to throw his hat into the matrimonial ring. Bu he doesn't want just any wife. No, he needs a wife who would be able to be a successful society hostess, but who is trustworthy and honourable, and who has no desire to have a husband constantly hanging about her elbow. For the earl actually works for the Foreign Office, and is constantly undertaking some investigation or the other. The last thing he needs is a clingy wife who will interfere with his work. And when a friend brings Lady Annica to his notice, the earl decides that she is exactly the wife for him. (The fact that he finds her very desirable doesn't really come into it.) But how to convince a lady who is vehemently against marriage to change her mind?The novel follows the earl's determined pursuit of Lady Annica, as she tries to juggle her confused feelings about him and marriage, with her determination to bring certain wrongdoers to justice. As I've already noted, that bit is rather formulaic. The bits I really liked dealt with Lady Annica and her friends as they wrestled with the task at hand. This was really nicely done, and showed how women too could be organised, competent and intelligent. And that's what made reading this novel such a joy for me -- the friendship that these women shared