Shapeshifters and telepaths do battle in Napoleonic Europe, in this alternate world, and with Boney exiled to St Helena a sinister plot is under way in London. Tess Ryder, of humble origins, has the gift of taking another person's shape, so she conceals herself as a beautiful actress in order to get close to Earl Sebastian Montague at the Prince Regent's ball. She may be THE IMPOSTOR but it turns out she is not the only one, and Sebastian's life is in danger.
From Mayfair mansions to the shadowy docklands, the two fight off footpads and escape burning carriages with the ease of seasoned warriors. They have battled together during the Napoleonic wars but Sebastian's memory has been altered and he cannot recall knowing Tess or having asked her to marry him. Wellington is also slightly gifted and so are some of his staff, called the Omega Squad, and now Tess has discovered that there has been a series of deaths and disappearances. Sebastian's own gift is for illusion, so he is marked by the French for assassination.
The hardship and horror of the campaigns are described in flashback and contrasted with the luxury of Mayfair living. A search for papers from the American Consulate leads to action aplenty. There is detail, romance and narrow escapes as the couple discover a plot to free Boney from exile, led by the gifted French including a firestarter.
Lily Lang has written a great supernatural take on this period in Europe's history, which will interest fans of historical romances just as much as those wanting paranormal reads.
To save her true love, she must sacrifice her own heart.
Tessa Ryder\'s Gift, which allows her to take the form of
anyone she touches, was invaluable to the British Army\'s
secret Omega Group. The Peninsula War is over, the Omegas
are disbanded, but she\'s learned of a plot to exterminate
themβand free Napoleon.
Desperate to warn Sebastian Montague, one of the few
remaining Omegas, Tessa takes on the guise of his
exβmistress. It\'s the only way she can face the man
she loved. The man whose memory of her was telepathically
wipedβat her request.
Sebastian knows a lie when he sees one, and it doesn\'t take
long to strip the disguise of the unfamiliar woman he
believes is his assassin. But before he can use his
formidable Gift for illusion to wring the truth from her,
bullets fly and they are both on the run.
Surrounded by traitors and spies, Tessa and Sebastian fight
to thwart the scheme to plunge England back into the
darkness of war. And, as their powerful attraction brings
them closer and closer, Tessa fights to protect the man she
still loves more than lifeβby keeping the secret of
their shared history buried deep in her heart.
Warning: This book contains sexy war heroes, submarines,
bedrooms on fire, an evil Frenchman, and a
shapeβshifting heroine who will stop at nothing to
protect her true love.
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