When schoolteacher Elsie Mitchell meets rugged William Benton on a train platform in Albany, it appears they have nothing in common. He isn’t the sort of fellow a proper young woman of the 1890s would ever speak to, much less become involved with. But when she arrives at her small town in the Adirondack Mountains, Elsie is offered a job as caregiver for this mysterious out-of-towner’s niece and … and nephew, who’ve been tragically orphaned. Heartbroken for them, she accepts.
Unknown to her, William is an undercover Pinkerton agent posing as a lumber-company foreman. He’s never wanted family—his work is too dangerous. Yet as Elsie transforms his house into a home and he spends time with the children, he feels drawn to family life—and to Elsie.
As a good Christian, Elsie is troubled by William’s secrets…though she does find him intriguing. And when a sinister figure from her past arrives, Elsie and William will have to trust in faith and newfound love to protect their unlikely family from danger.
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A Changed Agent by Tracey J. Lyons is number one in her Adirondack Pinkertons series. Schoolteacher Elsie Mitchell agrees to help William Benton with the care of his niece and nephew. Posing as a lumber-company foreman, Will, an undercover Pinkerton agent, is there try to find a thief. As Elsie grows to love the kids her heart grows closer to their uncle. But he seems to be hiding something from her. This is one of those stories where when the heroine finds out what the hero has been hiding from her that she gets really upset and uncommunicative. And won’t see that he couldn’t tell her because of his job. It wasn’t that big a deal to me. Otherwise the story was good with a little suspense thrown in for good measure.
I received this book from Just Reads for my honest review.
I have loved everyone of Tracey Lyons books that I’ve read. Her women are strong and independent, not the shrinking violet helpless sort. S bit of mystery and inclusion of two orphan children kept me turning pages. I highly recommend this and all of Tracey Lyons books.
I believe this is the first book I have read by this author and I really liked the story. I found it entertaining and intriguing. I don’t know much about the Adirondacks or the Pinkertons, so I did learn a little about both.
Elsie Mitchell is a school teacher on a short vacation in Albany, New York and is on her way back home in the Adirondacks of New York. She meets our hero, William Benton, an undercover Pinkerton agent, at the train station when her luggage is overturned and he tries to assist her with picking up her unmentionables. Then when she gets home to Heartston, she is told the owner of the local lumber company needs to see her immediately and William is also summoned. Once there, the lumber company owner, Mr. Oliver, who is also William’s new boss, offers Elsie the the job of caring for William’s orphaned niece and nephew in addition to her teaching job. Because Elsie feels sorry for the children and could use the extra money for the adventures she wishes to have away from home someday, she takes the job.
This means Elsie will move into Mr. Oliver’s grandmother’s abandoned house and live with William and his niece and nephew, in the separate quarters off the kitchen. Soon William and Elsie begin to get closer, but William seems to be a bit secretive about his whereabouts most days and nights. What does he do away from home when not working at the lumberyard? Why does he frequent the saloon if he is not a drinker and doesn’t avail himself of the “ladies” company? Can Elsie and William work things out and make it work or is their budding relationship doomed to failure?
If you enjoy a good, clean, historical romance with intrigue, you will like this book. I know I do and will read more by Tracey Lyons. Enjoy!
I won this book through the Christian Fiction Summer Reading Safari Contest and am leaving this review as my honest opinion.
lThis is my favorite type of book to read
A Changed Agent was unique and original. I love the H but not so much the h. Story was good; it did get predictable about half way through.
A different perspective on the PInkerton agents being really human afterall. Enjoyed the story telling aspect of romance with a big dollop of morality. Good, clean romance and some good thriller combined.