The Seduction of the Crimson Rose, Lauren Willig
The Seduction of the Crimson Rose, Lauren Willig
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The Seduction of the Crimson Rose

Author: Lauren Willig

Narrator: Kate Reading

Unabridged: 13 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 01/31/2008


Synopsis

Now in paperback - a novel that "handily fulfills its promise of intrigue and romance."
(Publishers Weekly)

Determined to secure another London season without assistance from her new brother-in-law, Mary Alsworthy accepts a secret assignment from Lord Vaughn on behalf of the Pink Carnation. She must infiltrate the ranks of the dreaded French spy, the Black Tulip, before he and his master can stage their planned invasion of England. Every spy has a weakness and for the Black Tulip that weakness is beautiful black-haired women?his ?petals? of the Tulip. A natural at the art of seduction, Mary easily catches the attention of the French spy, but Lord Vaughn never anticipated that his own heart would be caught as well. Fighting their growing attraction, impediments from their past, and, of course, the French, Mary and Vaughn find themselves lost in a treacherous garden of lies.

And as our modern-day heroine, Eloise Kelly, digs deeper into England?s Napoleonic-era espionage, she becomes even more entwined with Colin Selwick, the descendant of her spy subjects.

About The Author

Lauren Willig is a law student and Ph.D. candidate in history at Harvard University. She is the author of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa Kay on January 05, 2015

[image error] ★★★★½ I love this series! If anyone is looking for a good serial “buddy read,” this is the book for your group. That is, if everyone can commit to sticking to the reading schedule and not jump ahead. In that case, you’ll get a lot of this in answer to your Discussion Questions: “Sorry,......more

Goodreads review by Kirsten on September 17, 2023

Pretty Mary, so contrary, Will you spy with me? Dear Vaughn, keep your pants on! Does this mean you'll marry me?......more

Goodreads review by Manda on December 30, 2010

I have the utmost admiration of Willig's skill as an author. And for her sheer bravery for letting her characters remain true to their natures--flaws and all. It would have been easy to explain away their rather unpleasant characteristics with stories of a troubled childhood or various heartbreaks.......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on May 21, 2009

I reviewed this book at my blog. Twice, since it's one I've re-read quite a number of times now. Here's the combined craziness: In The Seduction of the Crimson Rose, Lauren Willig has pulled off an extraordinary feat: She has taken a woman who was established to be a spoiled, somewhat conniving socia......more

Goodreads review by Georgie-who-is-Sarah-Drew on July 22, 2020

There is something tremendously attractive about the sardonic resilience of both hero (Vaughn) and heroine (Mary) in this anti-love story. Leaving aside the minor problems that Vaughn is married, and Mary is a (reluctantish) fortune-hunter, neither has any time for the sentimentalities of their circ......more