The Dangerous Harlot: Part 4 and Conclusion of Behind The Shadow
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He was the handsome aristocrat and charismatic adventurer who created a dynasty and she was the feisty, unconventional woman he loved. He was English and she was French, two strong-willed people determined never to give in to each other, and a devious, diabolical enemy determined to exact revenge on the smuggler who had constantly evaded him and thwarted his nefarious plans,
Set at the end of the 18th century when France was on the cusp of a bloodthirsty Revolution, this is an exciting and unputdownable tale of daring escapes, broken promises, distrust and misunderstandings, all threaded through by a passionate and turbulent love affair, a scorching romance that wouldn’t be denied.
Part 4: The Dangerous Harlot
A cripple, his pregnant wife and a middle-aged valet. That is Marie-Catherine’s army, so everything is down to her. With every minute counting, only she can save The Shadow, and his uncle’s family who were bait in the trap set for him. But she wants revenge as well, passionately. His enemies are also her own, they owe her and she’s going to kill them, once and for all. She made a vow in the grim fortress prison in Rouen and the time has come to fulfil it, back in the very same place. But she isn’t ‘just a mere woman’… and she is determined.
Still the headstrong, wilful and eccentric individual she’s always been, nothing is going to stop Marie-Catherine, even though her plan is risky in the extreme and the odds heavily stacked against her. And when she’s done that, because failure isn’t an option she can bear to contemplate, she’s going to return to England and try to save her wreck of a marriage. But with her very life at stake, and that of The Shadow already doomed, is all this a step too far, even for her?
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A student of history and a lover of cats (especially fluffy ones), travelling, dancing, and escapist and exciting romantic literature, not necessarily in that order. And not forgetting good food and wine… the former the bane of the diet always due to start tomorrow, the last her treat when writing in a sunny garden on a warm summer’s day or evening. Antoinette George has reinvigorated the saga for the twenty twenties: The Granville Legacy Series.
She writes the type of novels she’s always loved to read since she was a girl: romance, both historical and contemporary… full of drama, adventure, excitement, romance, passion and humour, with a touch of pathos here and there, and flawed heroes and heroines because no one is perfect! Hers are involved stories to get absorbed and lost in, that make you want to read on and on and not put down until you’ve found out what happens to all the disparate and fascinating characters that thread through them. And of course love wins in the end, never the villain!
Antoinette is a former award-winning copywriter and PR consultant by profession. Instead of reading to pass the time, she started writing on the train as she commuted from home to her office in the centre of London and everything took off from there. She lives by the seaside in Sussex, in the south of England, and very occasionally, on an exceptionally clear day, can just about see the coast of Normandy through her binoculars; her family think her crazy and obsessed with her novel writing, but her books will keep you engrossed for weeks and weeks and weeks...
