Abducting Arnold
Becky Akers
- Benedict
- Arnold
- is
- the
- archetypal
- traitor—or
- was
- he?
- Abducting
- Arnold
- richly
- dramatizes
- the
- American
- Revolution’s
- most
- brilliant
- officer
- while
- turning
- little-known
- history
- into
- an
- edge-of-your-seat
- thriller.Cry,
- laugh,
- exult
- and
- rage
- as
- you
- read
- of
- General
- Arnold’s
- attempt
- to
- betray
- the
- Patriots’
- Cause.
- When
- his
- fellow
- officers
- foil
- his
- treachery
- in
- the
- nick
- of
- time,
- Arnold
- flees
- to
- British
- lines
- in
- New
- York
- City,
- the
- most
- wanted
- man
- in
- America.Now,
- three
- months
- later,
- a
- young
- woman
- joins
- him.
- Clem
- Shippen
- is
- as
- skilled
- in
- the
- kitchen
- as
- she
- is
- homely,
- a
- cousin-in-law
- with
- scarce
- prospects
- for
- marriage
- who
- has
- previously
- served
- as
- Arnold’s
- cook.
- But
- this
- time
- there’s
- an
- added
- ingredient:
- she
- is
- also
- a
- spy
- for
- General
- George
- Washington.
- He
- hopes
- to
- kidnap
- the
- traitorous
- Arnold
- and
- smuggle
- him
- back
- to
- American
- lines
- for
- trial
- and
- execution
- with
- Clem’s
- enthusiastic
- help.
- Enthusiastic,
- that
- is,
- until
- she
- realizes
- that
- Arnold
- may
- be
- a
- hero
- after
- all—and
- uncovers
- explosive
- information
- trying
- her
- fate
- and
- that
- of
- the
- new
- country
- to
- his...A
- novel
- of
- espionage,
- heartbreakingly
- close
- calls,
- and
- profound
- betrayal,
- Abducting
- Arnold
- will
- entrance
- you
- from
- its
- opening
- pages
- to
- its
- surprising
- denouement!
- And
- don't
- miss
- its
- sizzling
- prequel,
- Halestorm,
- also
- available
- on Smashwords.
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