1818. Hawker, agent de la Couronne, trouve sur son perron une femme poignardée. La victime n'est pas n'importe qui : il s'agit de Justine du Motier, dite Chouette, la femme la plus dangereuse de Londres. Mortellement blessée, elle n'a plus que quelques heures à vivre. À quoi bon se remémorer leur rencontre en France sous la Terreur, alors qu'ils n'étaient que des enfants, pions dérisoires manipulés par la Police secrète ? Pourquoi se souvenir de la passion qui les a consumés jusqu'à ce que la trahison et la haine les séparent ? Aujourd'hui, Justine est mourante. Elle est son ennemie, mais aussi l'amour de sa vie.
Après une série d'assassinats dans leurs rangs, les Services secrets britanniques dépêchent leur meilleur espion en France, en pleine tourmente révolutionnaire. William Doyle a pour mission d'éliminer le marquis de Fleurignac, soupçonné de travailler pour le gouvernement français. Dans les ruines de son château pillé, William trouve une jeune fugitive qui n'est autre que Marguerite, la fille de Fleurignac, dont elle prétend être la dame de compagnie. Il se présente sous le nom de Guillaume Lebreton et, convaincu qu'elle va le mener au marquis, propose de l'escorter. Et voici nos deux imposteurs dans un Paris dévasté par la Terreur où mille périls les attendent.
Jess Whitby tente de faire libérer son père qui, accusé de haute trahison, moisit en prison en attendant d'être pendu. Or, le véritable espion, surnommé Cinq, court toujours. Jess est persuadée qu'il se cache sous l'identité du riche armateur Sebastian Kennett, celui-là même qui a fourni les supposées preuves de la culpabilité de Josiah Whitby.
Déterminée à prouver l'innocence de son père, la jeune femme est prête à tout pour affronter le capitaine, le confondre et l'envoyer en prison.
Robert Grey exulte. Lui, le chef des renseignements britanniques, a enfin mis la main sur Annique Villiers, redoutable espionne française qui nargue tous les agents d'Europe ! Une comédienne hors pair capable de résister à la torture et d'assommer un homme. Autrement dit, Grey n'a aucune intention de la sous-estimer alors qu'il doit la ramener en Angleterre pour lui soutirer des secrets d'une importance capitale. Un périple aux airs de duel commence, où tous les coups sont permis...
Thomas Paxton a fait partie de ces orphelins recrutés par la police secrète française pour infiltrer l'Angleterre. Dix ans plus tard, il revient à Londres faire amende honorable envers son pays. C'est ainsi qu'il se retrouve face à Camille, qu'il a connue jadis à Paris. Hier son amie, aujourd'hui son ennemie, redoutable, rompue comme lui aux techniques d'espionnage les plus sophistiquées. Camille a beau affirmer sa loyauté envers la Couronne, comment se fier à une professionnelle du mensonge dont l'envoûtante beauté n'est pas la moindre des armes ?
Orpheline de la Révolution française, Séverine de Cabrillac est devenue une enfant-espionne, puis un agent de la Couronne. Aujourd'hui, lasse des machinations et du sang versé, elle utilise ses talents très particuliers pour des enquêtes privées. Mais l'homme qui vient la voir pour exiger qu'elle retrouve une petite fille disparue lui inspire d'emblée une grande méfiance. Raoul Deverney dit la connaître, or elle ne se souvient pas de lui. De plus, il semble avoir bien des secrets. Sont-ils amis ou ennemis ? Une chose est sûre, il respire le danger. Et c'est encore son charme ténébreux qui représente pour Séverine le plus grand des périls...
In Beauty Like The Night, Joanna Bourne, 'master of romance and suspense' (Teresa Medeiros) returns to the French Revolution, with a stirring tale of intrigue, espionage, and irresistible attraction. For fans of Stephanie Laurens, Elizabeth Hoyt For fans of Stephanie Laurens, Elizabeth Hoyt and Poldark, this is a must-read.
Severine de Cabrillac, orphan of the French revolution and sometime British intelligence agent, has tried to leave spying behind her. Now she devotes herself to investigating crimes in London and finding justice for the wrongly accused.
Raoul Deverney, an enigmatic half-Spaniard with enough secrets to earn even a spy's respect, is at her door demanding help. She's the only one who can find the killer of his long-estranged wife and rescue her missing fourteen-year-old daughter.
Severine reluctantly agrees to aid him, even though she knows the growing attraction between them makes it more than unwise. Their desperate search for the girl unleashes treason and murder...and offers a last chance for two strong, wounded people to find love.
For more spellbinding Spymasters romance, look for the other titles by Joanna Bourne: The Forbidden Rose, The Spymaster's Lady, My Lord and Spymaster, The Black Hawk and Rogue Spy.
Joanna Bourne returns to the French Revolution, pairing espionage and burning romance to create an unforgettable love story. For fans of Stephanie Laurens, Elizabeth Hoyt and Poldark, this is a must-read.
A daring beauty, she's infamous for taking chances... Now she'll risk everything for love.
Raised as a poor but cunning pickpocket, Jess Whitby has grown into a wealthy young woman. But when her father is wrongly accused of selling secrets to Napoleon, she must rely on her guile to save him. She never dreamed her search for the real traitor would begin by waking up naked in a captain's bed. Or how little she'd mind...
Captain Sebastian Kennett finds himself infatuated with the courageous spirit of the kidnap victim he saves. She's equally enthralled by his commanding strength - until she discovers that this spellbinding seaman could be traitor she's hunting, and the man to determine her both her father's fate and her future too.
For more spellbinding Spymasters romance, look for the other titles by Joanna Bourne: The Forbidden Rose, The Spymaster's Lady, The Black Hawk and Rogue Spy.
Joanna Bourne returns to the French Revolution, pairing espionage and burning romance to create an unforgettable love story. For fans of Stephanie Laurens, Elizabeth Hoyt and Poldark, this is a must-read.
He is her enemy. He is her lover. He is her only hope.
Someone is stalking agent Justine DeCabrillac through London's grey streets. Under the cover of rain, the assassin strikes - and Justine staggers to the door of the one man who can save her. The man she once loved. And the man she hated: Adrian Hawkhurst.
Adrian wanted the treacherous beauty known as 'Owl' back in his bed, but not wounded and clinging to life. Now, as he helps her heal, the two must learn to trust each other to confront the hidden menace that's trying to kill them - and survive long enough to explore the passion simmering between them once again...
For more spellbinding Spymasters romance, look for the other titles by Joanna Bourne: The Forbidden Rose, The Spymaster's Lady, My Lord and Spymaster, and Rogue Spy.
Joanna Bourne returns to the French Revolution, pairing espionage and burning romance to create an unforgettable love story. For fans of Stephanie Laurens, Elizabeth Hoyt and Poldark, this is a must-read.
For years he's lived a lie. Now it's time to tell the truth - even if it costs him the woman he loved.
Ten years ago Thomas Paxton was a boy sent by revolutionary France to infiltrate the British Intelligence Service. Now his sense of honour brings him back to London, alone and unarmed, to confess. But instead of facing the gallows, he's given one last assignment to prove his loyalty.
Lovely, lying, former French spy Camille Leyland is dragged from rural obscurity by threats and blackmail to rescue and innocent victim from a ruthless French fanatic. But she finds an old colleague already on the case: Pax. Old friendship turns to new love and, as dark secrets reappear, Pax is left with a choice - go rogue from the Service or lose Camille for ever...
For more spellbinding Spymasters romance, look for the other titles by Joanna Bourne: The Forbidden Rose, The Spymaster's Lady, My Lord and Spymaster, and The Black Hawk.
Joanna Bourne returns to the French Revolution, pairing espionage and burning romance to create an unforgettable love story. For fans of Stephanie Laurens, Elizabeth Hoyt and Poldark, this is a must-read.
She's never met a man she couldn't deceive...until now.
She's braved battlefields, played the worldly courtesan, the naive virgin, the refined British lady, even a Gypsy boy. But Annique Villiers, the elusive spy known as the Fox Cub, has finally met the one man she can't outwit...
British spymaster Robert Grey must enter France and capture the brilliant, beautiful - and dangerous - Fox Cub and her secrets for England. When the two natural enemies are thrown into prison, they forge an uneasy alliance to break free. But their pact is temporary and betrayal seems inevitable. As the fates of nations hang in the balance, Grey and Annique fight the passion that flares between them - forbidden, impossible and completely irresistible...
For more spellbinding Spymasters romance, look for the other titles by Joanna Bourne: The Forbidden Rose, My Lord and Spymaster, The Black Hawk and Rogue Spy.
Joanna Bourne returns to the French Revolution, pairing espionage and burning romance to create an unforgettable love story. For fans of Stephanie Laurens, Elizabeth Hoyt and Poldark, this is a must-read.
The only person she can trust with her life ... is the man who trusts no one.
Marguerite de Fleurignac, once a glittering French aristocrat, is on the run, disguised as Maggie Duncan, British governess. Penniless and alone, she falls into the hands of a compelling stranger with a sinister scar. But why does he risk his life to save her?
William Doyle, England's premier spy, has a score to settle with the de Fleurignacs. When he rescues Maggie, he knows her to be the last, dangerous flower of a noble line. Drawn inexorably into the intrigue and madness of revolutionary Paris, they gamble on a love neither of them will admit. When the dance of deception and desire is over, will they betray the one another?
For more spellbinding Spymasters romance, look for the other titles by Joanna Bourne: The Spymaster's Lady, My Lord and Spymaster, The Black Hawk and Rogue Spy.
