The Garden Intrigue: A Pink Carnation Novel

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Secret agent Augustus Whittlesby has spent a decade undercover in France, posing as a terrible poet. The French spies can't bear to read his work closely enough to recognise the information drowned in a sea of verbiage. Emma Delagardie is a thorn in Augustus' side. An old school friend of Napoleon's stepdaughter, she came to France, eloped with a Frenchman and rattles around the salons of Paris. Now widowed, she holds a weekly salon where she critiques Augustus' poems. But when he hears of a secret invasion plan at Emma's party Augustus must try and get closer to her...

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Praise for the Pink Carnation novels:
Willigs sparkling series continues to elevate the Regency romance genre.Kirkus Reviews
Jane Austen for the modern girl.New York Times Bestselling Author Christina Dodd

"The authors conflation of historical fact, quirky observations and nicely-rendered romances results in an elegant and grandly entertaining book.Publishers Weekly

There are few authors capable of matching Lauren Willigs ability to merge historical accuracy, heart-pounding romance, and biting wit. BookPage

Author Bio

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.