Velvet is the Night
Reeks: The Devereux Trilogy
Elizabeth Thornton
- The
- French
- Revolution
- comes
- to
- vivid
- life
- as
- the
- USA
- Today–bestselling
- author’s
- Devereux
- Trilogy
- continues.
- “A
- joy
- to
- read!”
- (RT
- Book
- Reviews).As
- the
- newly
- appointed
- commissioner,
- Philippe
- Duhet
- has
- the
- power
- of
- life
- and
- death
- over
- the
- local
- French
- aristocracy.
- In
- return
- for
- her
- family’s
- safe
- passage
- out
- of
- the
- country,
- the
- breathtakingly
- lovely
- Claire
- Devereux
- agrees
- to
- be
- his
- mistress.
- She
- is
- to
- live
- in
- his
- luxurious
- quarters,
- to
- be
- seen
- with
- him
- about
- town,
- and
- to
- accommodate
- his
- desires
- whenever
- he
- wishes.Claire
- surrendered
- her
- body
- to
- Duhet,
- but
- swore
- he’d
- never
- break
- her
- spirit.
- What
- she
- didn’t
- know
- was
- that
- the
- real
- Duhet
- had
- been
- abducted,
- and
- his
- American
- twin
- brother,
- Adam
- Dillon,
- was
- installed
- in
- his
- place
- as
- a
- spy.
- And
- she
- was
- devastated
- to
- find
- that
- her
- body
- was
- not
- at
- all
- immune
- to
- the
- pleasures
- of
- Duhet’s
- caress,
- nor
- her
- heart
- to
- his
- intoxicating
- company.“I
- consider
- Elizabeth
- Thornton
- a
- major
- find.”
- —Mary
- Balogh,
- New
- York
- Times–bestselling
- author
- of
- the
- Westcott Novels
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