NAL Trade
January 2009
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Featuring: Mary Alsworthy; Eloise Kelly
480 pages ISBN: 0451224418 EAN: 9780451224415 Paperback (reprint) Add to Wish List
Now in paperbackโa novel that โhandily fulfills its promise of intrigue and romance.โ(Publishers Weekly)
Determined to secure another London season without assistance from her new brother-in-law, Mary Alsworthy accepts a secret assignment from Lord Vaughn on behalf of the Pink Carnation. She must infiltrate the ranks of the dreaded French spy, the Black Tulip, before he and his master can stage their planned invasion of England. Every spy has a weakness and for the Black Tulip that weakness is beautiful black-haired womenโhis โpetalsโ of the Tulip. A natural at the art of seduction, Mary easily catches the attention of the French spy, but Lord Vaughn never anticipated that his own heart would be caught as well. Fighting their growing attraction, impediments from their past, and, of course, the French, Mary and Vaughn find themselves lost in a treacherous garden of lies.
And as our modern-day heroine, Eloise Kelly, digs deeper into Englandโs Napoleonic-era espionage, she becomes even more entwined with Colin Selwick, the descendant of her spy subjects.
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