Children of the Shadows + Giveaway

Detective Daniel Swann and debutante Juliette Thorndike once again team up to solve a dangerous mystery–while trying to keep their growing romance secret.

Someone is preying upon the street children of Regency London. They seem to think no one will notice when urchins go missing–and even if they are noticed, who will care?

Daniel needs to do something about the missing children. But with recent revelations about his past and an unexpected, somewhat unwelcome inheritance to deal with, this is a terrible time to dive back into the seedy underbelly of the crime world. Nevertheless, he’s still a Bow Street runner, and his partner Lady Juliette is sensitive to the plight of these wayward youngsters. They’re on the case, searching shadowed alleys and coal-drenched streets to find the missing.

But the tangle of expectation and the dynamics of power cannot be easily ignored, even if there are children in danger. When Daniel’s past threatens to overwhelm his future, he will need a miracle and the help of his friends to both apprehend the villain and unravel his tangled family web. And it may be that his new responsibilities demand that he leave the children of the shadows to their terrible fate–or lose everything.

Erica Vetsch’s popular Regency mystery series concludes with a bang, sure to satisfy readers who have hung on every page since book one.

My Review:

Of Note: because I think the Thorndyke & Swann Regency Mystery series should be read in order, the giveaway will be for one of three books. Look for more details in red underneath the Giveaway Opportunity heading.

Still fan-girling over this series. It’s the perfect blend of Regency and mystery with enough cloak and dagger stuff going on to keep an avid reader on the edge of her seat all the way through. Plus, the romance has heated up in this third book, though it’s not without some unique challenges. We can’t make things too easy for Daniel and Juliette, can we? 🙂

You definitely want to read the books in this series in order because the first two contain quite a bit of back story on our characters plus there are some over-arcing issues that carry on into this third novel. Daniel is a Bow Street Investigator and Juliette is apprenticing in the family spy biz (for the Crown, of course!) which makes things very interesting…and somewhat complicated. As does the mystery unique to this third novel. I hesitate to say much more for fear of posting spoilers so I’ll end with this:

A page-turning extravaganza of lush storytelling and layers of intrigue made ‘Children of the Shadows’ an unputdownable read.

GIVEAWAY OPPORTUNITY:

Winner’s choice of any of the three Thorndyke & Swann Regency Mysteries:

#1 The Debutante’s Code

#2 Millstone of Doubt

#3 Children of the Shadows

PLEASE INDICATE WHICH BOOK YOU WOULD LIKE TO WIN IN YOUR COMMENT OR EMAIL

This giveaway is for a print or ebook copy. Winner’s choice.

US – available in print or ebook — winner’s choice

Canada – available in print or ebook or audible (if available) — winner’s choice

International – ebook copy if you have a US Kindle account.

If you would like a chance to win one of  Thorndyke & Swann Regency Mysteries, leave a comment below or email me at kavluvstoread AT yahoo DOT ca. If you add an email to your comment, remember to use AT and DOT instead of @ and . in order to protect yourself from spammers. If you enter the draw via email, please add the title to the subject line so it’s easy to spot your entry. Draw will be held and winner announced on Saturday March March 16 2024.

DON’T FORGET TO ADD THE TITLE YOU WOULD LIKE TO WIN IN YOUR COMMENT OR EMAIL.

32 thoughts on “Children of the Shadows + Giveaway”

    1. She’s a great author. I still have to catch up on her Regency spy series. I need to know which of the books in this series you want to be in the draw for There are three and I think they should be read in order. Info is at the end of the review — under Giveaway Opportunity. Good luck, Kim!

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  6. I’ve been wanting to read this series, it looks so interesting! If you’re fangirling over it, I want in too! I do enjoy Erica Vetsch’s writing.

    I’ve bought The Debutantes Code but haven’t gotten to it, planning to this month. So, I’d love to win book 2, Millstone of Doubt.

    Thanks for the review and the giveaway Kav 🙂

    tracey14567 at gmail dot com

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    1. It’s really well done, and while there’s enough wrap up in the first book, there’s also some tantalizing loose threads to pick up in book two and carry over to book three. Quite brilliant storytelling, I think. Good luck, Tracey!

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  9. The Thorndyke & Swann Regency Mysteries series sounds wonderful and it’s on my TBR list. If I were fortunate enough to be selected, I would love a print copy of “The Debutante’s Code”, since your good advice was to read them in order.

    Just FYI, I didn’t get the email today at all about this post. Don’t know if it’s due to you changing it from the noon time to midnight or what.

    Thank you for the wonderful chance to win a copy!

    2clowns at arkansas dot net

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    1. Hopefully this is the last day I muffed up the scheduled posting times. It didn’t go live until about 10 am when I noticed my goof (again!) so maybe the email notification was delayed? It will be interesting to see if you get two tomorrow. lol Glad you stopped by anyway. Good luck, Kay!

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  10. I have books 1 & 2 however they are both still on my TBR pile. I love to binge read series in order so would love a copy of #3. Thanks for the review!

    Sandyavery at comcast dot net

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  12. I haven’t read any of these in the series either….yikes! So hard to keep up with favorite authors 😂😊

    But I’ll take Children of the Shadows since I can borrow the first two in books from my library in ebook form.

    teamob4 (at) gmail (dot) com

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  13. I thought surely my library would have some of her books but, no, not a one.  This sounds like a wonderful series without being too scary. Best to start with #1 Debutante. Thanks! I had noticed, in a recent newsletter from Chrisitan writer Kristi Cambron, her reviews of her current reads, including bestseller The Women by Kristin Hannah (general fiction), a novel about nurses in Vietnam. Have been slowly reading that book, which really tugs at the emotions. Know several men who served, including my brother-in-law, but not nurses. 

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      1. I hear Kristin Hannah’s name all over social media book talks but I’ve never read anything by her. It’s fun to see what favourite authors are reading, isn’t it? And I’m surprised your library doesn’t have any of Erica Vetsch’s books in some format or other! Even mine does! Strange. Ugh, just looked out the window and it’s snowing. Again! Good luck, CC!

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