The Vixen

Wicked Wallflowers, Book 2

By: Christi Caldwell

Narrated by: Tim Campbell

USA Today bestselling author Christi Caldwell pits a fiercely independent beauty against a devilish investigator.

Set apart by her ethereal beauty and fearless demeanor, Ophelia Killoran has always been a mystery to those around her - and a woman they underestimated. No one would guess that she spends her nights protecting the street urchins of St. Giles. Ophelia knows what horrors these children face. As a young girl, she faced those horrors herself, and she would have died…if not for the orphan boy who saved her life.

A notorious investigator, Connor Steele never expected to encounter Ophelia Killoran on his latest case. It has been years since he sacrificed himself for her. Now, she hires orphans from the street to work in her brother’s gaming hell. But where does she find the children…and what are her intentions?

Ophelia and Connor are at odds. After all, Connor now serves the nobility, and that is a class of people Ophelia knows firsthand not to trust. But if they can set aside their misgivings and work together, they may discover that their purposes - and their hearts - are perfectly aligned.

©2018 Christi Caldwell (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

3.75 rounded up to 4

Christie Caldwell is a good writer, but I don’t think I’ll be rushing out to read another Caldwell book anytime soon.
This story was engaging and I wanted to find out what happened to the characters, but I also found them annoying.  There was too much internal dialogue and anguishing. There was too much insecurity on the part of the heroine who is supposed to be fearless. The story was fairly dark. It included lots of flashbacks to childhood abuse and threatened sexual assault, Many of those were repetitious & could have been eliminated with no impact on the story.
There were some interesting surprises in the plot, but the villains were inconsistent & not entirely believable.  I’ll have to remind myself the next time I see a interesting blurb about an Christy Chadwell HR how frustrating reading this one was. 

Love ❤️

This series is wonderful, I read Book 3 first and was so enthralled by Gertrude’s story that I went back to the beginning. So glad I did! Definitely looking forward to reading Broderick’s story…I know, it’s going to be sooo good 😊

Good Story / Great History

Another example of a woman doing what she needed to do to help others....like herself. Authors research seemed authentic and very interesting,

Good story

Ophelia is one caring strong woman. Connor is one strong amazing man. They have know each other for a long time. Could bp not wait to see what would happen.

Keeps getting better

Another great story in Christi Caldwell’s Wicked Wallflowers series. What a wonderful, twisty ending. Highly recommended!