Saving Shadow is an impressive and highly recommended debut novel by author Laura Beers. Billed as a ‘Regency Spy Romance,’ the story includes action, adventure, and a good amount of flirting! Set in early nineteenth century London, Saving Shadow starts with a bang and moves rapidly. Heroine Eliza is the quintessential female lead — strong, smart and sassy. Eliza exhibits a bevy of thoughts and emotions that make her realistic and winsome. Beers is a talented writer and creates many memorable scenes with colorful and vivid details. Beers also manages to tackle some heavy subject matter while including bits of humor to balance the book’s mood. Readers will be delighted with Saving Shadow — and as the first in a new series, Eliza’s adventures don’t have to end here! Pick up a copy today!

This book was sent to Compass Book Ratings for review by the Author

Content Analysis:

Profanity/Language:  4 mild obscenities; 4 derogatory names.

Violence/Gore:  A few verbal threats; several secondhand reports of violence including recounting life as a spy, stabbing and slitting a man’s throat, and nightmares about above incidents; a few brief scenes of violence including a character thrown against a wall, slapped and a character punched; a brief non-detailed scene of violent death when a character throws a dagger and kills another; a few brief scenes of blood and gore including knife wounds and physical altercations; a few brief scenes of intense violence when characters are shot and slashed with a knife. 

Sex/Nudity: Frequent incidents of kissing; several sexual references, including talk of elopement and the wedding night; several implied or reported incidents of sexual activity including affairs, mistresses, and allusions to life in a brothel. 

Mature Subject Matter:

Murder, adultery, sex trafficking and slavery, attempted abductions, poverty, talk of brothels, abandonment, spies.

Alcohol / Drug Use:

Characters drink in a few scenes; a scene takes place in a tavern.