Love in Disguise by Carol Cox

What does a young woman do when she can’t do the thing she desires the most to do with her life? She finds a way and Ellie did that very thing. The personal assistant of a theatre star, she believes she will be traveling to Europe with her. Not so. She is released from her job instead and left with all the costumes. In search of a means of support, Ellie hears about a position with the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Dismissed the first time, she returns dressed as Lavinia Stewart, a middle-aged widow. Proving she can act a part and gather information by listening, the Agency agrees to send her west on a job with a more experienced female agent. Well, this almost falls through also. The other agent informs her she is quitting and getting married. Now Ellie is really in a quandary, she wants to do the job for Pinkerton. Can she present herself as Lavinia and also pose as the other agent, a younger Jessie? As Ellie moves from character to character gathering information for the Detective Agency, she find that her search for answers to the missing silver shipments through her in close contact with one of the mine owners. What is more she is beginning to feel emotions a middle-aged woman would never feel for a younger mine owner. Looking for the ones responsible for stealing the silver also puts Lavinia and Jessica in danger. How does she find her way out of this muddle? You will simply have to read Love in Disguise to find out.

  

I received this book to review for free from Bethany House.