If anything, Morgan Pryce, the hero of Dance of Seduction, is a lot more interesting than his twin brother Sebastian from After the Abduction. I could never really get a handle on Sebastian's character in that book, but just from passing mentions of Morgan in After the Abduction my attention was instantly caught by the accidental pirate and undercover smuggler spy - I love me those pirates. When Morgan gets a book all his own, he doesn't disappoint. He’s not your typical rake/spy. He's clearly a nice guy trying to do the right thing - while still managing to maintain an aura of danger and excitement. A great combination that seems like it would be hard for an author to pull off. When our story starts, he's going undercover as a fence in an elaborate plot to catch a notorious London thief known as the Specter. This leads him to cross paths with Lady Clara, a reformer who runs a home for former pickpockets just down the street from the shop that Morgan's using as a cover for his fake fencing. Clara's on his case immediately because she's worried that he'll tempt her young charges back into a life of crime. Clara and Morgan have an instant chemistry that is fun and sexy and, as always with Jeffries, very hot. I love watching them spar, flirt, fight, and fall in love.

I'm surprised at how much I like Clara, considering she seems custom made to get on my nerves - a zealous save the world type with a pack of cute little kids in tow. I'm expecting an incongruously sheltered, uptight, shrinking violet, but instead am completely won over by a surprisingly savvy, strong woman who, despite appearances, is the farthest thing from prim and proper. She spends most of her time in the seedy underbelly of London, the location of the Home for her kids, so she knows a thing or two about how tough and dangerous it is out there. I’m vastly entertained when Morgan's attempts to scare her off blow up in his face. And I'm more than happy to root for Clara as she tries to save the world one pickpocket at a time because she's never self righteous or moralistic about her mission. Even more surprising, I don’t hate the kids who show up in the story either – no silly lisping sugary clichés here. Thank goodness. Nor does Clara do stupid things while bragging about how she can take care of herself. Well, for the most part at least. She does have some cringe worthy moments, but Morgan still has to work hard to keep a step ahead of her. Their relationship is all about the untangling of Morgan’s subterfuges, from his top secret mission to his tortured past. Clara manages to be the ministering angel type without being apotheosized or appearing too meddlesome. Morgan is a bit whiney about how horrible he thinks he is, when of course he’s not really horrible at all, but he gets over it eventually. Yay. When these two are finally able to overcome Morgan’s past together and find true love, I’m happy for them. Even with the convoluted plot, and the apparently obligatory damsel in distress finale, Dance of Seduction was a satisfying read over all. ( )

This is the fourth book of the Swanlea Sisters series. The connection to the other books is loose via marriage. Sabrina Jeffries is always a good read, however. ( )

This is the last book in the "Swanlea Spinsters" series, and I quite enjoyed it. Morgan Pryce, the twin brother of Lord Templemore of "After the Abduction" is a fun, roguish type of character - the type that Sabrina Jeffries is good at portraying. Clara is very much a do-gooder, the type of character that almost always irritates me, but at least she's proven wrong at the end, which makes me happy. I hate it when self-righteous characters are proven right. Sometimes I wish that Jeffries would concentrate more on her characters than her plot, but it is still an entertaining book and worth reading. ( )