An Agent for Kitty is part of the Pinkerton Matchmakers series, in which a woman with a desire to become an agent with the Pinkerton National Detective Agency is matched with a male agent for training. The two are married (for the sake of propriety) and sent off to solve a crime. The novels are quick reads, and a lot of fun.
Kitty and Ben are sent to Utah, to investigate the theft of a dinosaur skull from an archaeological dig that is slowly uncovering a complete skeleton. Kitty is a timid young woman, the complete opposite of Ben. Ben is outgoing, confident, and definitely likes women. Kitty is nothing like his usual girlfriends, and he enjoys teasing her.
It doesn’t take long before Kitty begins contributing to the case through her powers of observation. I liked that she was clever—I’m always a fan of an intelligent heroine. And Ben was a wonderful hero, just the right combination of cocky and caring.
An Agent for Kitty by Nerys Leigh is another installment in the Pinkerton Matchmakers series, an original and amusing spin on the popular mail order bride trope. #ChristianRomance #ChristianWestern Share on XI’ve enjoyed all the Nerys Leigh books I’ve read so far, but I think this was my favourite.
Why? Because it was funny. Kitty starts off as more mouse than cat (or kitten). But, with Ben’s guidance, she gradually comes out of herself and develops a personality.
Yes, I know that sounds bad. But Kitty hasn’t had the best upbringing, so she has never had the opportunity to discover who she is as a person. Ben gives her that opportunity, and it’s great to see Kitty learn that she can display her true personality and be loved for who she is.
Overall, An Agent for Kitty is a fun romantic suspense novel set against the emerging science of archaeology, and will appeal to fans of Christian westerns.
Thanks to the author for providing a free ebook for review.
About Nerys Leigh
Nerys Leigh writes thoroughly romantic Christian historical love stories. She loves heroes who are strong but sweet and heroines who are willing to fight for the life they want.
She’s from the UK, which you would think puts her in a unique position to not write about mail order brides in the American west, but the old adage of writing what you know has never appealed to her. She has an actual American read each book before publishing to make sure she hasn’t gone all English on it.
No One’s Bride is the first in the Escape to the West series which tells the stories of a group of women willing to travel across America to find happiness, and the men determined to win their hearts.
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About An Agent for Kitty
To find her happiness, she’ll first have to find her courage.
Kitty is the first to admit that she is far from brave, and applying to the Pinkerton Detective Agency to become one of their new female agents is the most daring thing she’s ever done.
Her fragile resolve almost fails her when she discovers she must marry her training agent for the duration of her first case, but Ben Riley turns out to be caring and fun, and outrageously flirtatious. And even though she knows he’s not serious, she can’t help enjoying his attention.
On the case of a stolen dinosaur skull in the Utah wilderness, her confidence grows. But so do her feelings for Ben.
And Kitty begins to wonder if what she should really be afraid of is a broken heart.
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