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Featuring: Charlotte Lansdowne; Robert, Duke of Dovedale; Eloise Kelly
512 pages ISBN: 0451228987 EAN: 9780451228987 Paperback (reprint) Add to Wish List
Lauren Willig brings us the next novel in the Pink Carnation
Series. As always, these novels are two stories wrapped
between the covers. Eloise and Colin, are spending some time
alone with each other at Selwick Hall after the holidays.
Eloise has her work cut out for her researching the history
of the Pink Carnation for her doctorate. What Eloise finds
during the course of her research leads her into the world
of King George and his madness. But, how do all of those
things tie together with the Pink Carnation and the French
flower spies?
Lady Charlotte Landsdown resides with her dowager
grandmother at the family estate, Girdings. Her grandmother
is trying to marry Charlotte off to the next eligible
bachelor, but Charlotte has other ideas. She has always had
a soft spot in her heart for her distant cousin Robert, the
Duke of Dovedale. Robert ran off to join His Majesty's
service soon after he inherited the title, and now, after
spending a wonderful holiday with Charlotte, he has deserted
her again and broke her heart a second time. Charlotte has
been promised to the Queen as a lady in waiting soon after
the holiday, so she bustles off to London to attend the
Queen. She finds Robert at court and they are soon caught up
in a plot to dethrone mad King George and replace him with
the Prince of Whales.
THE TEMPTATION OF THE NIGHT JASMINE is the fifth book in
this highly entertaining series. I thoroughly enjoy the
story within a story concept. I invest just as much into
Eloise and her desire to find details about the Pink
Carnation as I do in the main story line with Charlotte and
Robert. I enjoy the dash of historical fact interspersed
with a lot of historical fiction. Willig brings the story to
life in both eras, I can't wait for the next book in the series!
After years abroad, Robert, Duke of Dovedale, has returned
to England to avenge the murder of his mentor. To uncover
the murderer's identity, he must infiltrate the infamous,
secret Hellfire Club. But the Duke has no idea that an even
more difficult challenge awaits him-in a mistaken,
romantic-minded young lady.
Charlotte Lansdowne
wistfully remembers the Robert of her childhood as a valiant
hero among men. Too aware of his own flaws, Robert tries to
dissuade Charlotte from her delusions, even as he finds
himself drawn to her. When Charlotte takes up a bit of
espionage-investigating a plot to kidnap the King-Robert
soon realizes that she is more than the perfect partner in
crime.
Caught in a dangerous game full of deadly
spies and secret rites, Robert and Charlotte must work
together to reveal the villain...and confront their true love.
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