The Reinvented Miss Bluebeard Minda Webber

The Reinvented Miss Bluebeard

First Published 2007
352 Pages

ISBN-13: 0505527065
ISBN-10: 978-0505527066
Reviewer
Amanda
June 2007

Eve Bluebeard might be the daughter of the infamous pirate, but she wants nothing to do with the high seas, cutlasses, treasure, or rum. She just wants to live a peaceful existence in her home, the Towers, treating paranormal nutcases for various mental maladies while letting her housekeeper, Mrs. Fawlty, take care of domestic things. Of course, her name carries with it a lot of baggage that could incite people to be prejuidiced against her, so she has taken on an imaginary husband, Adam Griffin, who is fortunately out of the country for the foreseeable future. This gives her a different last name, one without perilous associations. This ruse should also keep her father's match-making plans from bearing fruit, forbidden or otherwise. Then, her "husband" comes home. Adam will readily admit to her, at least, that he's a fake, but before long, Eve is starting to think she might have met her match. However, Captain Hook intends to make her a widow.

Like Miss Webber's other books, this one is replete with jokes that challenge you to figure out to what they refer. The fun of that alone is enough to reccommend them. The story is also grin worthy, with a spunky heroine who is almost hoisted by her own petard. Deception always gets ladies named Eve into trouble, but this one can look forward to finding that the truth does make her ending happy.