August 5, 2019
Bryant’s magnetic final Midnight Secrets novel (after London’s Best Kept Secret) unites two Regency-era amateur scientists with a powerful attraction. Lord Matthew Strathmore, Earl of Whittingham, travels from his London home to Oxfordshire to meet with the Earl of Talbot, who wrote a journal article with a questionable hypothesis. Shortly after Matthew meets Talbot’s granddaughter, Theodosia Leighton, he realizes that she’s the author of the article. Talbot’s once astute mind has become muddled, and Theodosia is trying to keep her grandfather’s ailment a secret. Matthew and Theodosia share some scientific interests, and their budding friendship blossoms into a romance, leading to a magical shared excursion through London. Fans of thoughtful female characters will adore Theodosia’s joy in her intellectual pursuits. Bryant’s fast-paced and seamless plotting make this a novel to be savored in one sitting.