He was her first love...
Now sheâll risk all to save him.
Celeste Fournier once gave her innocence to the man she loved. Years later, that same man, Major Summerley Shayborne, is in Paris, and in danger! Celesteâs world has changed beyond recognition, but she knows she must help Shay flee. Yet their scorching reunion makes her wish she could reclaim something of herselfâto be the girl she was, the girl that Shay deserves.
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SOPHIA JAMES lives in Chelsea Bay, on Auckland, New Zealandâs North Shore, with her husband, who is an artist. She has a degree in English and History from Auckland University and believes her love of writing was formed by reading Georgette Heyer in the holidays at her grandmotherâs house. Sophia enjoys getting feedback at www.facebook.com/sophiajamesauthor.
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ISBN: 978-1-474-07365-3
A NIGHT OF SECRET SURRENDER
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Iâd like to dedicate this book to my wonderful mother, Jewell Kivell.
She was always one of the greatest supporters of my writing and I miss her.
Author Note
Paris in 1812 was a city full of factions vying for political influence. Napoleon Bonaparte had departed from France to take the Grande Armée into Russia, leaving a power vacuum in his wake. Two men more than happy to extend their authority were Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke, the Minister of War, and Anne Jean Marie René Savary, the newly appointed Minister of Police.
Clarke was particularly good at encroaching upon weaker men and ministries, and in the absence of the Emperor he extended his considerable authority even further. A Frenchman of Irish descent, he was known as a wily opponent with the sort of cleverness that worried even Napoleon. But by the end of the year he would fall from favour.
The Ministry of Police had been set up by Joseph Fouché and, although Savary had the running of the ministry in 1812, Fouchéâs omnipresence and calculated cunning was instilled into the culture.
Beneath the larger official ministries, smaller intelligence agencies flourished and it is here I have fashioned the fictional Les Chevaliers, of which my heroine Celeste Fournier is a part.
France in 1812 was at war with Britain, but America, under President Madison, had sent envoys to Paris to test the waters, so to speak.