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Loading... Harbor for the Nightingaleby Kathleen Baldwin
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Belongs to SeriesStranje House (4)
It's 1814. In this alternate history, Napoleon has forced Europe to its knees, and now he plots to seize control of Britain. With her friends' lives in deadly peril, Miss Maya Barrington, one of Miss Stranje's unusual girls, must serve as a double agent. To do so, she gains entry into Napoleon's duplicitous game on the arm of the enigmatic Lord Kinsworth. She can read almost everyone; not so with this young rascal. Quick with a jest and armed with lethal charm, Kinsworth remains just beyond her reach. Can she trust him? With Britain's future at risk and those she loves in deadly peril, Maya questions everything she thought she understood about life, love, and loyalty. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyRatingAverage:
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Maya's gift is to use her voice to persuade. She also has a wonderful singing voice. Her gift comes in handy when the Prince Regent decides that this would be a perfect time to try to negotiate a peace treaty with Napoleon. None of his wiser advisers can talk him out of this and, so, Miss Stranje and the others who are concerned with England's future do come up with a plan.
Maya isn't happy that the plan includes a fake engagement with Lord Kinsworth who has been her duet partner and who manages to make her feel uneasy. Maya has a gift for hearing everyone's personal song and understanding them through what she hears. Unfortunately, Lord Kinsworth song only manages to confuse her. When she overhears him telling someone that he doesn't want to marry because it would steal his freedom, Maya fears her attraction to him because she doesn't want to be with someone who is likely to abandon her as her father did.
The story has a wonderful Regency setting, intrepid young women, and an action-filled plot. Fans of historical fiction and alternate history will enjoy this series. This book is the fourth but stands alone quite well. ( )