The Passion of the Purple Plumeria
A Pink Carnation Novel
Reeks: Pink Carnation
Lauren Willig
- NEVER
- BEFORE
- PUBLISHED!Lauren
- Willig’s
- Pink
- Carnation
- novels
- have
- been
- hailed
- as
- “sheer
- fun”*
- and
- “charming.”**
- Now
- she
- takes
- readers
- on
- an
- adventure
- filled
- with
- hidden
- treasure
- and
- a
- devilishly
- handsome
- English
- colonel....Colonel
- William
- Reid
- has
- returned
- home
- from
- India
- to
- retire
- near
- his
- children,
- who
- are
- safely
- stowed
- at
- an
- academy
- in
- Bath.
- Upon
- his
- return
- to
- the
- Isles,
- however,
- he
- finds
- that
- one
- of
- his
- daughters
- has
- vanished,
- along
- with
- one
- of
- her
- classmates.Because
- she
- served
- as
- second-in-command
- to
- the
- Pink
- Carnation,
- one
- of
- England’s
- most
- intrepid
- spies,
- it
- would
- be
- impossible
- for
- Gwendolyn
- Meadows
- to
- give
- up
- the
- intrigue
- of
- Paris
- for
- a
- quiet
- life
- in
- the
- English
- countryside—especially
- when
- she’s
- just
- overheard
- news
- of
- an
- alliance
- forming
- between
- Napoleon
- and
- an
- Ottoman
- Sultan.
- But,
- when
- the
- Pink
- Carnation’s
- little
- sister
- goes
- missing
- from
- her
- English
- boarding
- school,
- Gwen
- reluctantly
- returns
- home
- to
- investigate
- the
- girl’s
- disappearance.Thrown
- together
- by
- circumstance,
- Gwen
- and
- William
- must
- cooperate
- to
- track
- down
- the
- young
- ladies
- before
- others
- with
- nefarious
- intent
- get
- their
- hands
- on
- them.
- But
- Gwen’s
- partnership
- with
- quick-tongued,
- roguish
- William
- may
- prove
- to
- be
- even
- more
- of
- an
- adventure
- for
- her
- than
- finding
- the
- lost
- girls….READERS
- GUIDE
- INCLUDED*New
- York
- Times
- Bestselling
- Author
- Christina
- Dodd
**Kirkus Reviews
