Nadia Bishop didn’t expect to see her own face staring at her from the obituary.  Adopted at an early age, Nadia had always dreamed she had a sister but never knew it was true until she saw the dead woman’s face.  Determined to find out what had happened to her sister, Nadia returns to the world she left behind in Saint-Tropez.  What will happen when Nadia comes face to face with the lover she left, a lover with the power to destroy all that she is?

With VEILED LEGACY, the Madonna Key series is beginning to pull together quite a few threads.  Some secrets are ones I suspected, such as the heart of Nadia’s lover, but others are quite surprising.  More information is revealed about the legacy of the Marians as VEILED LEGACY leans less on the paranormal aspects of the storyline and focuses more on the deadly conspiracy against the Marians.  Nadia’s former employment as an MI-6 agent guarantees that this is one read that will be chock full of action from start to finish.

Because of the degree of secrets revealed in VEILED LEGACY, I would suggest that the previous books be read prior to this one so as not to spoil the fun of the unveiling.  This is particularly important with the revealing of the true identity of Nadia’s lover, known as Antonio.  Without the back history on Antonio (again, not his real name but the one he first gave Nadia), as provided in previous books, the reader may be a bit disconcerted to learn that Antonio is actually a married man with a child.  However, the history on Antonio makes this relationship palatable and, in time, I forgot my misgivings over the entire situation.  Jenna Mills did a beautiful job at handling such a delicate and sensitive issue.

VEILED LEGACY is yet another fascinating foray into the world of the Marians.  The Madonna Key series is surprisingly cohesive, despite having different authors pen each installment.  Jenna Mills puts her own fantastic stamp on this series and will leave the reader anxiously awaiting to see what the final book has in store for them!

Reviewed by Debbie

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Posted August 2007