The Perfect Poison by Amanda Quick [Review]

The Perfect Poison (Arcane Society #6) by Amanda Quick
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: December 17, 2022

Arcane Society
1. Second Sight
2. White Lies
3. Sizzle and Burn
4. The Third Circle
5. Running Hot
6. The Perfect Poison - Paperback | Kindle
7. Fired Up
8. Burning Lamp
9. Midnight Crystal
9.5. The Scargill Cove Case Files
10. In Too Deep
11. Quicksilver
12. Canyons of Night

Amanda Quick (aka Jayne Ann Krentz)
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Victorian botanist Lucinda Bromley has a rare talent: the ability to detect almost any type of poison. She also tends many rare plants, including a species of fern that was stolen from her conservatory just last month—and which turns up in a poison that was used in a nobleman’s murder.

To keep her name out of the investigation and to find the killer, Lucinda hires a fellow Arcane Society member. The founder of a psychical investigation agency, Caleb Jones is very good at protecting the Society’s secrets—and frighteningly good at getting the truth.

As a nearly overwhelming desire blooms between Caleb and Lucinda, they are drawn into the dark heart of a deadly conspiracy—and into a legacy of madness that could plunge Caleb into the depths of his own tortured soul...

Thoughts on The Perfect Poison: The enigmatic Caleb Jones is up and...you know what? Pretty much all the Jones men are enigmatic, so that maybe isn't the best way to differentiate between them. And yet...Caleb is focused, intense, and (yes) enigmatic. So I guess I'm going with that.

Anywho. He's got a lot of talent and even more self-control. She has a reputation for poisoning and a gift for identifying poisons. Which, as you might guess, has pretty much killed her social life. Honestly, that part really doesn't bother Lucinda, except how it affects those around her.

A man on the hunt for a bunch of bad guys and a lady with a gift with poisons don't seem like an ideal match, but they are. They really are. They're also scorching when it comes to OTHER THINGS. A few kisses, a clandestine encounter or two, and BOOM these two are going places. So to speak.

Secrets, deadly experiments, poison, a matchmaker, more poison, and the Jones family doing what they do best. Which is pretty much ensuring all the secrets continue to remain secrets. *thumbs up*