The Lure of the Moonflower
Reeks: Pink Carnation
Lauren Willig
- In
- the
- final
- Pink
- Carnation
- novel
- from
- the
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- of
- The
- Mark
- of
- the
- Midnight
- Manzanilla,
- Napoleon
- has
- occupied
- Lisbon,
- and
- Jane
- Wooliston,
- aka
- the
- Pink
- Carnation,
- teams
- up
- with
- a
- rogue
- agent
- to
- protect
- the
- escaped
- Queen
- of
- Portugal.Portugal,
- December
- 1807.
- Jack
- Reid,
- the
- British
- agent
- known
- as
- the
- Moonflower
- (formerly
- the
- French
- agent
- known
- as
- the
- Moonflower),
- has
- been
- stationed
- in
- Portugal
- and
- is
- awaiting
- his
- new
- contact.
- He
- does
- not
- expect
- to
- be
- paired
- with
- a
- woman—especially
- not
- the
- legendary
- Pink
- Carnation.All
- of
- Portugal
- believes
- that
- the
- royal
- family
- departed
- for
- Brazil
- just
- before
- the
- French
- troops
- marched
- into
- Lisbon.
- Only
- the
- English
- government
- knows
- that
- mad
- seventy-three-year-old
- Queen
- Maria
- was
- spirited
- away
- by
- a
- group
- of
- loyalists
- determined
- to
- rally
- a
- resistance.
- But
- as
- the
- French
- garrison
- scours
- the
- countryside,
- it’s
- only
- a
- matter
- of
- time
- before
- she’s
- found
- and
- taken.It’s
- up
- to
- Jane
- to
- find
- her
- first
- and
- ensure
- her
- safety.
- But
- she
- has
- no
- knowledge
- of
- Portugal
- or
- the
- language.
- Though
- she
- is
- loath
- to
- admit
- it,
- she
- needs
- the
- Moonflower.
- Operating
- alone
- has
- taught
- her
- to
- respect
- her
- own
- limitations.
- But
- she
- knows
- better
- than
- to
- show
- weakness
- around
- the
- Moonflower—an
- agent
- with
- a
- reputation
- for
- brilliance,
- a
- tendency
- toward
- insubordination,
- and
- a
- history
- of
- going
- rogue.READERS
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