So True A Love by Joanna Barker

About the Book

Title: So True A Love
Author: Joanna Barker
Publisher: Shadow Mountain
Genre: Regency Romance (Clean)
Release Date: September 3, 2024

Danger and passion collide in a Regency backdrop when a plucky young woman becomes embroiled in a Bow Street investigation alongside a handsome officer.

London, 1803

As the daughter of a renowned actress, Verity Travers is a privileged lady of high society —and the last woman one would suspect of working as a private investigator. But after one case nearly costs her everything, she makes the hard decision to hang up her hat and live the uninspiring life of a gentlewoman. However, when she and her dearest friend become victims of a harrowing armed robbery, Verity finds herself swept back into the clandestine world of mystery and crime as she seeks to bring the thief to justice. There’s just one complication: the persistent and dashingly handsome Bow Street Runner Nathaniel Denning, who always seems to cross her path.

Verity is confident she could accomplish her work quickly if only Nathaniel would stay out of her way. While she appreciates his keen mind and quick wit on a case, his interference is muddling her progress—and her heart. Focusing on the task at hand becomes more and more difficult as she constantly bumps into Nathaniel, who is determined to keep her out of danger.

When the two rival investigators learn they are both pursuing the same cunning criminal, they must figure out how to navigate the delicate dance of cooperation amid a backdrop of increasing peril and an irresistible passion that sets their hearts ablaze.

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About the Author

Joanna Barker firmly believes that romance makes everything better, which is why she has fallen in love with writing Regency romances. When she’s not typing away on her next book, you’ll find her listening to podcasts, eating her secret stash of chocolate, or adding things to her Amazon cart. Joanna is a three-time Whitney finalist, and her books have received praise from Publisher’s Weekly, the Historical Novel Society, Readers’ Favorite, and more. She thinks being an author is the second-best job in the world—right after being a mom. She is just a little crazy about her husband and three wild-but-loveable kids.

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My Review

So True A Love
By Joanna Barker
Rating: 4/5

Wow. I do love a story that draws you in from the beginning and keeps you guessing as the mystery unfolds. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this regency romance with suspense and mystery. The characters are unique yet relatable and will keep you reading until you figure out what is going on. The romance was sweet and the chemistry was sizzling with no explicit scenes. I loved their banter back and forth. I’ve only read one other story from Joanna Barker and I enjoyed this one just as much.

Highly recommend this clean regency romance full of intrigue and suspense with a strong female main character and her equally strong and complementary male counterpart.

P.S. This story is a standalone but incorporates characters from her other book, A Heart Worth Stealing, which was also an exciting read and I highly recommend reading that story too.

My thanks to the author and publisher for providing me with an ARC of the book. All opinions expressed here are entirely my own. No positive review was expected and no compensation received.