Review - The Francesca Cahill series by Brenda Joyce

Let me start off by saying that I absolutely love romance novels.  I devour them.  When I was in college, my cousin and a friend of ours formed a club of sorts call the SRT or the Smutty Romance Triplets.  Well we're more of a duo now because my cousin has married and dropped out stating "I don't need to read about sex since I'm getting it on a regular basis" 

Well good for her.

The rest of us who actually read Romance novels for the story and the fairy tale aspect and everything except the sex still love them anyway.  The sex is like finding a really good present in your stocking...

Anyway...back to college

SO a friend of mine knew that I read voraciously and gave me Deadly Pleasures, the second Francesca Cahill novel way back in the summer of '05.  I read it, enjoyed it, couldn't get ahold of the other books and promptly forgot about the series.  Fast forward 6 years later and I have just re-discovered the series, found all the books, read all the books and all I have to say is...

Wow.

From Deadly Love to Deadly Vows, this series had me from beginning to latest release and begging for the next one 'cause I hope Vows is not the end.

The series focus' on Francesca Cahill, a wealthly albeit reluctant socialite in 1902 New York, who discovers a talent for sleuthing.  She's a passionate reformist and finds her match in Rick Bragg, the newly appointed Police Commissioner.  Or so she thinks.

Enter Calder Hart, the half brother and opposite to Rick Bragg.  He's wealthy, witty, scadelous and a complete ass.  He's drawn to Francesca, just as his brother is.  Francesca possesses spirit, a compassionate nature and offers a take on the world that completely differs from anyone else's and neither brother can resist her almost innocent sensuality.

Add in a host of siblings, less than reputable characters and one very indecent portrait and The Francesca Cahill series is, in my opinion, a must read.

Who does she choose? (9 books later and we finaly find out....or do we?)

I cried, yelled, gasped and laughed out loud.  I was shocked and tormented, amused and angered.

I'd recommend it to anyone!