The West is a wild place, where the poison wind blows and the dead walk. But there is gold, and whiskey, and enough room for a man to forget what he once was--until he no longer can. Jack Gabriel's been the sheriff in Damnation almost since the town grew out of the dust and the mud. He keeps the p
The Orchid Affair: a Pink Carnation Novel
β Scribed by Lauren Willig
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group;Penguin Group US
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 292 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1101495456
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Veteran governess Laura Grey joins the Selwick Spy School expecting to find elaborate disguises and thrilling adventures in service to the spy known as the Pink Carnation. She hardly expects her first assignment to be serving as governess for the children of AndrΓ© Jaouen, right-hand man to Bonaparte's minister of police.
At first the job is as lively as Latin, but Laura begins to notice Jaouen's increasingly strange behavior. As Laura edges closer to her employer, she is surprised to learn that she has much in common with him. And Jaouen finds he's hired more than he's bargained for...
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