I've enjoyed Hoyt's Princes series and her Legend of the Four Soldiers series (although I still haven't read the final one), so I figured that I would like the first book in her new Maiden Lane series. Once again, Hoyt creates two well-developed main characters who strike a bargain to help each other in the poverty-stricken St. Giles area of London. Lord Caire is searching for the killer of his mistress, and Temperance Dews is trying to find a benefactor for the orphanage run by her and her brother. Although labeled a historical romance, I would also call it a mystery and a good one, too. Hoyt delivers another emotionally satisfying story while introducing characters and background for the next book in the series, "Notorious Pleasures." 392 pages.
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