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The Betrayal of the Blood Lily (Pink Carnation, Book 6) by Lauren Willig

By Lauren Willig

"The heroines of Lauren Willig's bestselling purple Carnation sequence have engaged in espionage everywhere nineteenth-century Europe. within the 6th stand-alone quantity, our reasonable English heroine travels to India, the place she unearths freedom—and risk—more intriguing than she ever imagined.

Everyone warned omit Penelope Deveraux that her unruly habit may land her in shame sometime. She by no means imagined she's be whisked off to India to provide the scandal of her hasty marriage time to die down. As woman Frederick Staines waits, Penelope plunges into the treacherous waters of the courtroom of the Nizam of Hyderabad, the place not anyone is kind of what they seem—even her husband. In an odd state, the place intricate courtroom gown mask much more problematic intrigues and a deadly undercover agent known as the Marigold leaves venomous cobras as his calling card, there's just one individual Penelope can trust...

Captain Alex Reid has greater activities than play nursemaid to a couple of noblemen. Or so he thinks—until girl Frederick Staines out-shoots, out-rides, and out-swims each guy within the camp. She additionally has an uncanny skill to attract out the lethal plans of the Marigold and placed herself in harm's method. With hazard looming from neighborhood warlords, treacherous court docket officers, and French spies, Alex realizes that an alliance with girl Staines simply should be the single factor status within the manner of a plot designed to rock the very foundations of the British Empire...
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The voice speculated with amusement. "If the gentlemen will remove themselves from the carriage for just a moment, we won't keep them longer than it takes to relieve them of their purses," the highwayman invited politely. The Duke looked at the pistols pointed at his heart, and shrugging at the Contessa's frightened face and Lord Wrainton's outraged one, he climbed from the carriage, pausing briefly as he saw the tartan sash of the highwayman before stepping carefully into the muddy roadway. "Well, well, if it isn't my scar-faced friend from the party.

This time she has outmaneuvered me and I must swallow my pride and give in gracefully. I have no other choice if I wish to own my ancestral home, and I have vowed that no one but I shall inherit it. So, I find myself in the position of being engaged to the Lady Blanche Delande, the Dowager Duchess's choice as a perfect wife for me, despite my feelings to the contrary. " Sir Jeremy felt a twinge of unease as he stared at his friend's haughty profile, the sherry-colored eyes narrowed reflectively and the finely chiseled lips curved in an unpleasant smile.

Not much to look at I'm afraid. It's just a small Elizabethan manor house, and I haven't even seen it in Lord knows how many years, come to think of it. " he speculated idly. "Caro, we should pay a visit to this little house," the Contessa suggested, then turning to the Duke explained, "You see, I am the Marquis' third wife, and as yet I have not met his family. " she demanded with a frown. " Lord Wrainton shrugged carelessly. " "You obviously haven't seen your children in some time," the Duke commented sardonically.

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