The Covert Captain

Ferreira’s smart, sexy Regency romance features a bravura cross-dressing heroine. Capt. Nora “Nathaniel” Flemming, who took her brother’s identity to become a soldier in the Napoleonic Wars, meets and falls in love with her commanding officer’s sister, Harriet Sherbourne. Harriet is determined to remain unmarried after each of her three sisters died in childbirth. The two fall in love despite class differences between them that create tension within Harriet’s family. Harriet is an elegant lady; Flemming breaks horses for her brother as a peacetime profession. When Harriet learns Flemming’s secret, she’s initially distressed, but soon she learns to love Nora just as she had Nathaniel. Their forbidden love story is set against an exceedingly detailed historical Britain that will delight history buffs but overwhelm a casual reader. Frequent perspective jumps muddle the chain of events, but there’s much to enjoy nonetheless. (BookLife)