The Determined Duchess: Part 3 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 3: The Determined Duchess
Married to a man she loathes, who has lied to and deceived her, Marie-Catherine avoids and ignores him as much as she can and is a lonely, embittered woman with only her dog for comfort. She has wealth and status and her family are cared for, but without any love in her life she is still desperately unhappy. Moreover, headstrong and wilful as ever, and angrier than she has ever been, she wants to pay back her detested husband in any way she can and the more she infuriates him, the more it satisfies her. Until, one memorable, shocking night at St James’s Palace, in front of the Royal Family and cream of Society, an urgent message comes from France and everything changes.
Disregarding the danger she is undoubtedly heading into, Marie-Catherine has to confront her nightmares once again and risk her life to help rescue people from Normandy; but if it means helping The Shadow deal with the ruthless Edgar Bernheim and Pierre Dupont, she can’t help herself, she simply has to go. Nothing and no one will stop her; she is determined. But will she be in time and the reality is, what can she do against a group of brutal and vengeful men? After all, isn't she just a mere woman…?
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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...
