Hester and Crow #03: Scandalous Alchemy

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' It' s pretty hard to pull off a good Georgette Heyer homage, but Moran makes it look easy' i NewsIn a Bridgerton-style Regency world, three people are caught in a web of passion and deceit. Fontainebleau in 1825 is a glittering international court, rich with intrigue, passion and simmering violence. Lieutenant Colonel Kit Helford must navigate these treacherous waters to deliver the beautiful, self-destructive Princess Royal to her prospective husband. Kit' s childhood friend, Clemency Arwenack, is tasked with safeguarding her royal mistress' s reputation as the princess awaits a marriage she is dreading. But both have secrets they will hide at all costs. Kit is on the run - from a man shot and left for dead back in London and a lifetime of scandal that includes a liaison with the princess herself. He will do anything to salvage his family' s reputation. Clemency, meanwhile, conducts a perilous trade in lies and blackmail as she seeks to destroy the princess, not protect her. With the princess' s life under threat, Kit and Clemency are pitted against each other, even as a dangerous attraction grows between them. The past hunts them both, remorselessly, relentlessly, and neither can escape it for long. ' Passionate, smart and action-packed' Sarah Hughes, Guardian ' Lush, dark, utterly real and achingly romantic' Ruth Ware