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The Riddle Of The Lost Lover
Patrica Veryan
Zebra
January 2000
On Sale: January 1, 2000
Featuring: Jack Vespa; Consuela Jones
283 pages
ISBN: 0821764616
EAN: 9780821764619
Paperback
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Romance Historical
Captain Jack Vespa, and aide-de-camp of Lord Wellington's in
the battle against Napoleon, is sent home from Spain after
having been badly wounded. While he's convalescing, Jack,
his military friends, and a spirited young lady from a
neighboring estate, Consuela Jones, become embroiled in, and
then successfully foil, a murderous scheme to defraud the
government. In the process, Jack discovers that his own
father was behind the terrible plot. Or was he? When
confronted with his crime, Sir Kendrick Vespa callously
informs Jack that he is not Jack's father; that Jack is in
fact the product of an affair between his mother, Lady Faith
Vespa, and her lover. Jack then vows to find out the true
identity of his father--a mission that is fraught with false
leads and disappointments. Finally, with the help of
Consuela and her grandmother, a fiery Italian duchess, Jack
traces a nobleman who just may be his real father. Lord
Kincraig, the gentleman in question, proves to be an enigma,
though, obsessed with what seems to be fantastical tales of
a "flying carpet" and a priceless jeweled rug that was cut
into pieces and lost many centuries earlier. Jack and his
faithful friends must follow "the mad rug collector" into
dangerous enemy territory, face strange and terrifying
adversaries, and even risk losing one another to find the
truth. With this exciting sequel to The Riddle
of Alabaster Royal, the "reigning queen of period
romance" (Romantic Times) Patricia Veryan outdoes
even herself.
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