" Chick lit turns swashbuckling: this made a good vacation read. Suitably fluffy and tongue-in-cheek, it is almost a parody on itself. Our spy hero and heroine are placed in 1803, yet think and speak entirely as modern young people; that was a disconnect that took a while to overlook. (Guess I've read too much Jane Austen and her ilk to know that people of the early 19th century, especially well-bred young men and women, were not so bold and open with each other, nor did they engage in passionate physical affection. If a single woman of that time period wanted to remain marriageable, a man's kiss on her hand was all she'd better permit.) But as pure entertainment the book succeeds, delivering a rollicking, romantic, roll-your-eyes, just-in-the-nick-of-time adventure story. "
— Kate, 1/20/2014