#BlogTour: THE CONFESSIONS OF A LADY by Darcy McGuire @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources

Publication: 9th February 2025 – Boldwood Books

Dare she risk her secrets?

In the world of upstairs/downstairs, Housemaid Penny Smith anticipates her employer’s needs and blends into the background making her the perfect spy for the prime minister against a suspected member of the Devil’s Sons. There’s only one problem. When she meets the guilty marquess, his actions don’t match the evidence against him. Lord William Renquist defies her every expectation and sets her traitorous heart racing.

Lord William Renquist, Marquess of Stoneway and secret spy to Queen Victoria, must infiltrate the Devil’s Sons, tearing the brotherhood apart from the inside. His mission – to bring evil men to justice while atoning for the sins of his family, proving honour is stronger than tainted blood. There’s only one problem. A canny maid who is always in the right place at the wrong time and who deliciously challenges his every order.

Liam and Penny are unknowingly playing a dangerous game from opposite sides of justice. And at a masked ball, forbidden attraction burns into something far more complex as their secrets spin into daring confessions. This battle against their enemy will only be won if Penny and Liam can work together. But can a maid from downstairs ever trust an upstairs marquess?

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It’s my turn on the blog tour for The Confessions of a Lady, the new fantastic novel by Darcy McGuire.

The Confessions of a Lady is the third book in the Queen’s Deadly Damsels series in which an organization known as the Devil’s Sons, consisting of powerful men, is involved in human trafficking. Queen Victoria and the Prime Minister are determined to stop the group once and for all with the help of a separate group of determined and brave women and war veterans.

In this third book, the protagonist is Penny Smith, who all her life has known suffering and poverty, but now has the chance to save her mother from prison. All she has to do is find proof that Lord William Renquist, Marquess of Stoneway, is a member of the Devil’s Sons, so she finds a job as a maid at his house, but she doesn’t expect to be so attracted to him. What Penny doesn’t know is that Liam not only is also equally attracted to her, but he is actually working undercover to destroy the Devil’s Sons.

This was such a fun read! There is spicy romance, secret spies, and suspense all set in Victorian England. Penny is resourceful and brazen, while Liam tries to amend for the mistakes of his family by bringing down the organization that destroyed it and I loved their chemistry and their witty exchanges.

Well-written, witty, entertaining, and engrossing, The Confessions of a Lady is the perfect read if you love bold heroines, spy romances, and strong friendships. Also, although this is the third book in the series, it can easily be read as a stand-alone, but I highly recommend the entire series. I can’t wait for the next book!

A huge thank you to Rachel and Boldwood Books for inviting me to take part in the blog tour and providing me with a proof of the novel.

Darcy McGuire is an award-winning New Zealand-born writer now living in the Pacific Northwest. She will write a five-part Victorian romance series for Boldwood, focused on a group of ‘Deadly Damsels’.