After his departure
from New York two years ago to meet up with his almost-fiancée, Zayne Beckett
is the last person Agatha Watson wanted to stumble upon in her travels as a
reporter with the New York Tribune.
Quite pathetically bedraggled, he clearly needs to be taken in hand and sent
back East to his family. Although she no longer has feelings for him, Agatha
realizes, by hook or by crook, she’ll have to be the one to get the obstinate
man home.
Zayne has no desire to
be taken anywhere and is prepared to drag his heels all the way home…until he
finds himself slipping back into the familiar banter of his former friendship
with Agatha. Once they arrive in New York, Zayne realizes Agatha’s determined
nose for news has earned her a few enemies, and he hopes to repay her help with
some help of his own. When she rebuffs all his attempts to prove himself a
knight in shining armor, the lengths to which they’ll go to win this battle of
wills lead to some memorable antics.
Everyone else may think
them a match, but nothing could be further from the truth—until Agatha finds
herself in real trouble. Have these two stubborn, too-smart-for-their-own-good
people been meant for each other all along?
A Match of Wits is
the fourth book in Jen Turano’s Ladies of
Distinction series, coming after A Change of Fortune, A Most Peculiar Circumstance, and A Talent for Trouble. I have absolutely loved every single book in this series, and A Match of Wits is no exception! Jen always
does a fantastic job of weaving together hilarious and adventurous tales with just
the perfect amount of romance and Jesus, so I knew I would love this book from
the beginning. I have yet to be disappointed with one of her novels, and am
usually actually somehow taken by surprise when they continually get better and
better.
Agatha Watson is such a wonderful character! She has so much
passion for her writing and always telling the truth through the stories she
composes, even though her pursuit of such stories usually lands her in far too
many scrapes. That makes for continuously hilarious, and suspenseful, situations,
which involve quite a few different people who have to come to her rescue. One of
my favorites—other than Zayne of course—is Mr. Blackheart, her bodyguard. He was
just so funny, even though he didn’t try to be, and I loved watching him come around,
from being irritated by Agatha’s escapades to actually considering her a
friend. Which was a good decision for him because Agatha is the best type of person to have around.
Zayne Beckett irritated me a little bit at the beginning of
this novel, because of the way he let himself go after his accident and the way
things went down with Helena, but I had already loved him from the beginning,
so I couldn’t stay mad at him long. He is a wonderful man, although a little
misguided when it comes to women, and does have good intentions at heart.
All in all, I really loved this book, and I’m so glad I’ve
finally been able to finish this series, although I wish it didn’t have to come
to an end! Jen did a fantastic job of writing four amazing novels that were completely captivating from day one, and I’m
already looking forward to reading them again! I highly recommend this series,
and I suggest you keep an eye out for Finding
Margo, which releases in November, and Behind
the Scenes, which releases in April!
Happy reading!
To see where I’m linking up, check out my Where I Party
page!
All credit for the italicized synopsis goes to Jen Turano
and Bethany House Publishers.
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