When she was a child, Roselie had been told that girls couldn't be spies or diplomats, that it was impossible, even though Roselie had been the confidante of her late father, who worked for the Home Office. Roselie had given up on her dreams, until Fate made it possible. Roselie and Brody had been childhood friends, until they grew apart when he went away to school. But for the past two years, Roselie has been purposefully staying out of Brody's sight. While she knows he works for the Home Office, he has no inkling that Roselie is also a spy. Roselie has always been in love with Brody, but nothing will keep her from doing her job. Brody and Roselie are unknowingly both on the trail of the Marquess of Ilford, suspected of treason.

SIX IMPOSSIBLE THINGS is slow to start, which is understandable, as there is much setting up the story. I hoped the pace would pick up, but alas, it never did. I understand that men could not grasp that a woman was more than decorative during the Regency era, but one would expect a spy who sees a capable woman to accept the fact. That Brody did not was a major problem with SIX IMPOSSIBLE THINGS, as Brody forever kept Roselie from doing her job simply because he was incurably pigheaded. Instead of focusing on doing his own job, as the professional he was supposed to be, he just kept trying to hindering every and all of Roselie's moves, and it made the story painfully slow and repetitive. He does not even bother to concentrate on what he should be doing, he is obsessed with stopping her from doing anything, which was especially frustrating because SHE knew what she was doing. Had he let Rosalie be, the story might not have stagnated so much. I had liked Brody at the beginning, but his charms soon faded to nothing; I felt like telling him to shut up and get out of Rosalie's way, and let her work with her "uncle", the Honorable Hero Worth, who was an absolutely delightful character.

And it took so many words to get the simplest idea across; no verbal curlicues, or purple prose, but torrents to words to make sure that the reader grasped even the most elementary notion. On the other hand, this made for excellent dialogues, and demonstrated what wagging tongues can do. Danger lurks. For pages and pages, danger lurks; danger that must be stopped, and again it took an eternity before knowing what that looming danger was. To be honest, I'm still not exactly sure what it was, and I never got what those SIX IMPOSSIBLE THINGS were either. At least, sex seemed to make Brody a little, ever so little, less fixated on thwarting Roselie's every move. Roselie and Brody's attraction is undeniable, and readers for whom fast-paced action is not a requirement will enjoy SIX IMPOSSIBLE THINGS.

Book Summary

In the sixth novel of the enchanting Rhymes With Love series from New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Boyle, a nobleman falls in love with a beautiful spy he must protect…

Lord Rimswell is a man of honor and absolutes. If he says something is impossible, it is. Yet his life of right and wrong is turned upside down when he finds himself in a compromising situation with the most unyielding, yet maddeningly beautiful, woman in London. If only he had not given in to the irresistible temptation to kiss her. Now he must marry her.

Miss Roselie Stratton is the very definition of impossible—headstrong, outspoken, and carrying a reticule of secrets that could ruin more than her reputation. Kissing Brody is hardly the most ruinous thing Roselie has ever done as a secret agent for the Home Office…nor will she let a marriage of convenience stop her from continuing her work. Little does Roselie realize that she has underestimated Brody's resolve to keep her safe—for he has hopelessly fallen in love with her and is determined to do the impossible by stealing her heart in return.