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Attacked on a rainy London street, veteran spy Justine DeCabrillac knows only one man can save her: Hawker, her oldest friend . . . her oldest enemy. London's crawling with hidden assassins and someone is out to frame Hawker for murder. The two spies must work together to find who's out to destroy them...
- Sales Rank: #589404 in Books
- Brand: Bourne, Joanna
- Published on: 2011-11-01
- Released on: 2011-11-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.72" h x .89" w x 4.22" l,
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 336 pages
Review
"Once in a while, during every reader's literary life, you encounter a book that reminds you why you are a reader. It renews your faith, if faith was lost; it rekindles your interest, if interest waned; and every word, every page, is a wonder. Adrian and Justine's story is not only such a book and it confirms Joanna Bourne is one of the best authors currently writing. If Ms. Bourne continues writing at such quality, she would deserve to be called one of the greatest romance authors ever. And I mean that." --All About Romance
~SHORTLISTED FOR THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION'S RUSA 2013 READING LIST~
Praise for Joanna Bourne's The Black Hawk:
"Once in a while, during every reader's literary life, you encounter a book that reminds you why you are a reader. It renews your faith, if faith was lost; it rekindles your interest, if interest waned; and every word, every page, is a wonder. Adrian and Justine's story is not only such a book and it confirms Joanna Bourne is one of the best authors currently writing. If Ms. Bourne continues writing at such quality, she would deserve to be called one of the greatest romance authors ever. And I mean that." --All About Romance
"Books by [Joanna Bourne] are like a box of fine Laduree macaroons, not cheap junk food. They should be leisurely savored as the exquisite delicacies they are, for Bourne is a master wordsmith, able to charm, excite or break a reader’s heart with the stroke of her pen....My opinion is this is the best novel she has written and destined to be a classic in the romance genre. If you have read Joanna Bourne’s work before you know what a compliment this is, and the depths she is capable of." --Dear Author
About the Author
Joanna Bourne is the award-winning author of Rogue Spy, The Black Hawk, The Forbidden Rose, My Lord and Spymaster, and The Spymaster's Lady. She has always loved reading and writing romance. She's drawn to Revolutionary and Napoleonic France and Regency England because, as she puts it, “It was a time of love and sacrifice, daring deeds, clashing ideals, and really cool clothing.” She's lived in seven different countries, including England and France, the settings of the Spymaster series. Joanna lives on a mountaintop in the Appalachians with her family, a peculiar cat, and an old brown country dog.
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46 of 49 people found the following review helpful.
Another brilliant book from Joanna Bourne!
By Miss Flite
I like my heroes dangerous, complicated, loyal, and protective, which is why I've been on tenterhooks waiting for this book. Adrian Hawkhurst, notorious pickpocket, apprentice spy, and now head of the British Intelligence Service, has been stealing scenes and hearts since he first appeared in The Spymaster's Lady, the first of Joanna Bourne's award-winning series of espionage novels.
The Black Hawk opens with the love of Adrian's (Hawker) life collapsing on the doorstep of British Intelligence Headquarters. The Napoleonic Wars are over and Justine DeCabrillac is no longer spying for France. She has risked her life to warn Adrian, her former lover, enemy, and sometime ally, of a deadly conspiracy to frame him for murder. But can a woman who threatened to slice his throat in his sleep 12 years earlier be trusted?
Adrian and Justine first meet in Bourne's 2010 novel, The Forbidden Rose, when both are 13. They are walking contradictions who are mirror images of one another: the illegitimate son of a prostitute turned English spy and the orphaned daughter of the French aristocracy spying for France and loyal to Napoleon. The French Revolution has rendered the differences in their backgrounds irrelevant, or nearly so, but not their loyalties. Questions of loyalty pervade The Black Hawk, and are not limited to the two lovers. It's a theme that Bourne explores in depth.
Adrian and Justine's 24-year journey, told in a series of flashbacks, is so poignant and moving (I challenge you to get through the first lovemaking scene without choking up) that I missed many of the clues to the conspiracy that Bourne sneakily embeds in the lovers' history. But though she wraps the love story in suspense and mystery, Bourne never takes her eyes off Adrian and Justine. You won't be able to either. My heart broke for these two. Never able to let down their guards, tearing out their hearts to remain loyal to their countries, hardened by their unspeakable pasts, Adrian and Justine are nearly unbearable to watch as circumstances and their own codes of honor divide them. I don't think I've ever been as relieved to see a couple happy.
Bourne's novels are packed with fully drawn characters, each with a distinctive voice. On rereading, I let myself savor Bourne's genius for language: "Death by a surfeit of steel through his belly," an agent explains, an apparently uninteresting character is "wrapped in ordinary," an industrious woman is "busy as a cat with two tails," a woman well loved experiences happiness "in the small of her stomach, like coals in a hand warmer." There are treats on every page.
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful.
Finally, Hawker! Great Installment in Spymaster Series!
By Regan
The latest installment in Bourne's Spymaster series is a good one--it won the RITA for best historical romance in 2012. Finally we have Adrian's (Hawker) story. We met Sir Adrian Hawkhurst in prior episodes, always a charmer, always a man who loved women. We also caught a glimpse of the French girl, Justine DeCabrillac. Both are spies and once they were lovers. She was in the French Secret Service and Adrian, now head of British Intelligence, worked for England. After being separated for over 15 years, Adrian is happy to have her back in his bed but he didn't count on her arriving there half dead with a wound caused by one of his own black knives. But that is where she ends up when an assassin tries to kill her--an attempt to frame him for murder.
Bourne does a great job of showing us how the characters of Justine and Hawk were forged in the fire of difficult circumstances early in life and then shaped by deep rents in history. We knew Hawker's woman would have to be unusual, right? Well, she is! The love scenes are unique and touching. The action is complex and there are many players. You have to be awake to hold all that is happening in your head but it is so worth it. Some of our favorites, Doyle and Pax, return for special appearances.
Though they first met in the French Revolution when they were still children really, Hawker and Justine grew up to be talented and smart agents with a lot to offer their countries. The story is told through a series of flashbacks as their paths keep crossing. (You have to be willing to jump around to get the full picture.) My only negative is the time they were separated--years. I didn't like it when, after 5 years of being lovers, Justine suddenly ends their relationship because she finds he means too much to her. Then they aren't together again until their late 30s when we finally catch up with them in 1818, which was a bit sad, really. So many lost years. (Was he celibate all those years? No, I didn't think so either...) Still, I reveled in their enduring love for each other. it's a well-written, interesting tale, and includes the kind of historic detail (France and England from 1794-1818) we have come to love in Bourne's work.
The series so far--all recommended:
MY LORD AND SPYMASTER (London 1811) - 2008
THE SPYMASTER'S LADY (France and England 1802) - 2010
THE FORBIDDEN ROSE (France 1794) - 2010
THE BLACK HAWK (Paris, beginning in 1794 (seen in flashbacks) and London 1818) - 2011
I recommend reading The Forbidden Rose first as it's something of a prequel to the others. And, of course, this latest one jumps around quite a bit (1818 to 1794 to 1797 to 1818 to 1802 to 1818).
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful.
Near Perfect Romance With an Amazing Couple (A Grade)
By Katie Babs
The Black Hawk is one of my most anticipated reads this year because the hero, Hawker, aka Adrian Hawkhurst, former thief, master pickpocket from the rookies of St. Giles, Head of the British Intelligence Service in 1818 Post-Napoleonic War England, has made a lasting impression based on the past three books from Joanna Bourne. The one before this, The Forbidden Rose, was a prequel set during the French Revolution, which featured Hawker as a thirteen year old grubby street boy, but one who becomes a spy for England during the French Revolution and then during the Napoleonic Wars. In The Forbidden Rose, Adrian meets his ultimate adversary. She is Justine DeCabrillac, a thirteen year old orphan girl who works for a Madame of a French brothel, but no longer as a whore. At eleven, Justine was forced into prostitution by a man her parents' trusted (Justine's parents were killed). Justine escaped and did what she had to do survive in order to protect her four year old sister, Severine. Justine then meets up with Adrian and his mentor, Doyle (This is all explained in The Forbidden Rose, which you must read before The Black Hawk so you can understand who Justine and Adrian are). Justine eventually becomes a French Spy who goes by the Owl.
The Black Hawk begins twenty-five years after Adrian and Justine first meet. France and England are no longer enemies, all through there's still mistrust on both sides. Justine has come to London and opened her own shop. She's attacked and stabbed with a poisoned knife. The only one she can trust is Hawker. She passes out in a bloody heap on Adrian's front steps and he takes her in and cares for her. Justine may be dying and that's where Adrian thinks back through the decades about his relationship with this daunting and incredible woman he loves.
The story goes back and forth over the years from 1794 France leading up to 1818 London. The moment Adrian meets Justine, he's smitten. Even though they're adversaries who eventually become enemies because of their countries, these two help each other out when they're undercover. Sometimes they don't see each other for months and even years. Their relationship is a difficult one because they never know if they'll be betrayed or killed. Adrian is so loyal to Justine, it will make your chest clench. Justine is a bit more standoffish because of the cards dealt to her in life. She trusts no one, but allows Adrian into her heart. It's a very momentous occasion for both of them when Justine asks Adrian to make love to her. Justine is afraid of intimacy because of how she was raped and abused at such a young age. Adrian realizes this and gives Justine back her innocence through his loving touch. From that moment on they become lovers that spans almost three decades. The moment these two are intimate, they don't stray from one another. They never take another lover, even when they're separated from one another for long periods of time.
Adrian is so easy to like. He's adorable, yet intelligent and sneaky. His devotion for Justine is relentless and unbreakable. He's not afraid to tell Justine how he feels about her. When he and Justine are alone, he wears his heart on his sleeve. His love is enough for the both of them and he never asks her for anything in return. Justine is so stubborn and won't give an inch because she's constantly looking over her shoulder, waiting for someone to take her down. Adrian is the only one who can help her get past the horrors she has endured.
The Black Hawk revolves about two mature people both in the mid to late thirties. Adrian and Justine are old before their time. By the time they're barely in their teens, they've seen so many disturbing acts, including those placed on innocent children. Watching these two drift away from one another and then come together again is incredibly emotional.
Joanna's writing is atmospheric in regards to the setting. You can practically hear Justine's French accent every time she speaks, especially when she calls Adrian `Awker, not Hakwer. There are a few twists and turns, and how Joanna unveils things, including the person trying to kill Justine makes for a great suspenseful thriller. Joanna's writing is crisp and rich, full of poetically written dialogue and descriptions that has me aching for more.
When a hero like Adrian admits, "there is no one else for me. Never has been," about his Justine, you'll become a pile of swoonage in your seat.
I'm in total awe of Joanna Bourne. It doesn't get any better than this. Adrian and Justine's journey toward their HEA is one that almost brought me to tears. This is a book I want to have babies with. The Black Hawk is of the best books I read this year by one of the best authors of historical romance of this century.
Katiebabs
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