Compromised for Christmas (Tenacious Trents - #1)
Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Romance, Historical
| Author: | Jane Charles | ISBN: | 1230000137915 |
| Publisher: | Night Shift Publishing | Publication: | June 2, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jane Charles |
| ISBN: | 1230000137915 |
| Publisher: | Night Shift Publishing |
| Publication: | June 2, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Compromised for Christmas, a novella, first appeared in an anthology, A Summons from His Grace. It later appeared in a compilation, Scots, Spies & Salacious Lies -- Lady Elizabeth craved excitement and adventure. Unwilling to endure further boring Seasons, she convinces her uncle, who has lived a more adventurous life than anyone else she knew, to let her work for him. A few years later Elizabeth is established in Tuileries Castle, a servant in Napoleon's court and known as Lisette Renard -- John Phillip Trent has been working in the stables of Tuileries as Jean Pierre Bouvier for the past two years. His only English contact being Lisette, a lovely blond lass, who he desired but kept at a professional arm's length -- When Lisette receives a summons to return home for Christmas, John learns that she is none other than the granddaughter of the Duke of Danby and she name Jean Pierre as her husband. Their cover is compromised with the same letter and the two find themselves escaping the palace and France, knowing they could very well never see each other again and must face the truth of how they truly feel for the other.
Compromised for Christmas, a novella, first appeared in an anthology, A Summons from His Grace. It later appeared in a compilation, Scots, Spies & Salacious Lies -- Lady Elizabeth craved excitement and adventure. Unwilling to endure further boring Seasons, she convinces her uncle, who has lived a more adventurous life than anyone else she knew, to let her work for him. A few years later Elizabeth is established in Tuileries Castle, a servant in Napoleon's court and known as Lisette Renard -- John Phillip Trent has been working in the stables of Tuileries as Jean Pierre Bouvier for the past two years. His only English contact being Lisette, a lovely blond lass, who he desired but kept at a professional arm's length -- When Lisette receives a summons to return home for Christmas, John learns that she is none other than the granddaughter of the Duke of Danby and she name Jean Pierre as her husband. Their cover is compromised with the same letter and the two find themselves escaping the palace and France, knowing they could very well never see each other again and must face the truth of how they truly feel for the other.
