The Orchid Affair, Lauren Willig
The Orchid Affair, Lauren Willig
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The Orchid Affair

Author: Lauren Willig

Narrator: Kate Reading

Unabridged: 15 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 01/20/2011


Synopsis

"Pride and Prejudice lives on" (USA Today) in Lauren Willig's Pink Carnation series, which has been hailed for its addictive blend of history, romance, and adventure. In The Orchid Affair, Willig introduces her strongest heroine yet. Laura Grey, a veteran governess, joins the Selwick Spy School expecting to find elaborate disguises and thrilling exploits in service to the spy known as the Pink Carnation. She hardly expects her first assignment to be serving as governess for the children of Andre Jaouen, right-hand man to Bonaparte's minister of police. Jaouen and his arch rival, Gaston Delaroche, are investigating a suspected Royalist plot to unseat Bonaparte, and Laura's mission is to report any suspicious findings.

At first the job is as lively as Latin textbooks and knitting, but Laura begins to notice strange behavior from Jaouen-secret meetings and odd comings and goings. As Laura edges herself closer to her employer, she makes a shocking discovery and is surprised to learn that she has far more in common with Jaouen than she originally thought...

As their plots begin to unravel, Laura and Jaouen are forced on the run with the children, and with the help of the Pink Carnation they escape to the countryside, traveling as husband and wife. But Delaroche will stop at nothing to take down his nemesis. With his men hot on their trail, can Laura and Jaouen seal the fate of Europe before it's too late?

About The Author

Lauren Willig is the author of the New York Times bestselling Pink Carnation series and a RITA Award-winner for Best Regency Historical for The Mischief of the Mistletoe. A graduate of Yale University, she has a graduate degree in English history from Harvard and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She lives in New York City, where she now writes full time.Kate Reading is the recipient of three AudioFile Earphones Awards, and has narrated everything from Patricia Cornwell to George Eliot. Her favorite BOT recordings include Like Water for ChocolateMiddlemarch, and Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Times series, which she narrated with her husband, Michael Kramer.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Betty on February 09, 2022

This was one of my favorite books in the Pink Carnation series (some spoilers in this review). The action returned to Paris, focusing on a new spy, Laura Griscogne, known as the Silver Orchid, as she infiltrated the home of Andre Jaouen, posing as a governess for his two children. Thinking his post......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on February 17, 2011

This was much, MUCH, better than the last couple of Carnation books (I don't even think I really remember those - I must have blocked them out). Jane actually shows up, and the focus is back on France/England, which makes much more sense, since I doubt the Secret Carnation controlled espionage on ev......more

Goodreads review by Lynn on February 26, 2019

Oh, I loved this installment of Pink Carnation! The historical action shifts to France, and I loved the intrigue. The Selwick spy school sends one of its pupils off on a mission, and it kept me buried deep in reading. Laura Grey has spent 16 long years as a governess, and her life feels as drab a......more