Lauren Willig

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.

After twelve years in India, Robert, Duke of Dovedale, returns to his estates in England with a mission in mind: to infiltrate the infamous Hellfire club to unmask the man who murdered his mentor at the Battle of Assaye. Intent on revenge, Robert never anticipates that an even more difficult challenge awaits him, in the person of one Lady Charlotte Lansdowne.

Tis the season to get Pink! Arabella Dempseys dear friend Jane Austen warned her against teaching. But Miss Climpsons Select Seminary for Young Ladies seems the perfect place for Arabella to claim her independence while keeping an eye on her younger sisters nearby. She accepts the position just before Christmas, expecting nothing more exciting than conducting the annual Christmas recital. She hardly imagines coming face-to-face with French aristocrats and international spies . . .

Determined to secure another London Season without assistance from her new brother-in-law, Mary accepts a secret assignment from Lord Vaughn on behalf of the Pink Carnation: to 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 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 anticipates that his own heart will be caught as well. Fighting their growing attraction, impediments from their past and, of course, the French, Mary and Vaughn find themselves lost in the shadows of a treacherous garden of lies. As our modern-day heroine, Eloise Kelly, digs deeper into Englands Napoleonic-era espionage, she becomes even more intwined with Colin Selwick, the descendent of her spy subjects.

Eloise Kelly longs for the romance of years gone by; for a dashing hero like The Scarlet Pimpernel to come and sweep her off her Jimmy Choo-clad feet.but instead shes sloshing around London in the rain and finally realising that romantic heroes are a thing of the past. To distract herself from such thoughts, Eloise concentrates on her History dissertation, and its while rummaging through a pile of old letters and diaries that she discovers something amazing, something that historians have missed: the secret history of the most elusive spy of all time, The Pink Carnation. But why is the very modern Colin Selwick so determined to interfere with Eloises research? And why does he have to be quite so charming.?

But if modern manhood had let me down, at least the past boasted brighter specimens. To wit, the Scarlet Pimpernel, the Purple Gentian and the Pink Carnation, that dashing trio of spies who kept Napoleon in a froth of rage and the feminine population of England in another sort of froth entirely.Modern-day student Eloise Kelly has achieved a great academic coup by unmasking the elusive spy the Pink Carnation, who saved England from Napoleon. But now she has a million questions about the Carnations deadly nemesis, the Black Tulip. And shes pretty sure that her handsome on-again, off-again crush Colin Selwick has the answers somewhere in his familys archives. While searching through Lady Henriettas old letters and diaries from 1803, Eloise stumbles across an old codebook and discovers something more exciting than she ever imagined: Henrietta and her old friend Miles Dorrington were on the trail of the Black Tulip and had every intention of stopping him in his endeavour to kill the Pink Carnation. But what they didnt know was that while they were trying to find the Tulip - and trying not to fall in love in the process - the Black Tulip was watching them.

History student Eloise Kelly is in London looking for more information on the activities of the infamous 19th century spy, the Pink Carnation, while at the same time trying to keep her mind off the fact that her mobile phone is not ringing and her would-be romantic hero Colin Selwick is not calling.Eloise is finally distracted from checking for messages every five minutes by the discovery of a brief note, sandwiched amongst the papers shes poring over in the British Library. Signed by Lord Pinchingdale, it is all Eloise needs to delve back in time and unearth the story of Letty Alsworthy and the Pink Carnations espionage activities on the Emerald Isle.

Setting off for England, Eloise is determined to finish her dissertation on that dashing pair of spies, the Scarlet Pimpernel and the Purple Gentian. But what she discovers is something the finest historians have missed: the secret history of the Pink Carnation—the most elusive spy of all time. As she works to unmask this obscure spy, Eloise stumbles across answers to all kinds of questions. Like how did the Pink Carnation save England from Napoleon? What became of the Scarlet Pimpernel and the Purple Gentian? And will Eloise Kelly escape her bad luck and find a living, breathing hero all her own?

The Pink Carnation, history's most elusive spy and England's only hope for preventing a Napoleonic invasion, returns in Lauren Willig's dazzling imaginative new historical romance. The Masque of the Black Tulip opens with the murder of a courier from the London War Office, his confidential dispatch for the Pink Carnation stolen. Meanwhile, the Black Tulip, France’s deadliest spy, is in England with instructions to track down and kill the Pink Carnation. Only Henrietta Uppington and Miles Dorrington know where the Pink Carnation is stationed. Using a secret code book, Henrietta has deciphered a message detailing the threat of the Black Tulip. Meanwhile, the War Office has enlisted Miles to track down the notorious French spy before he (or she) can finish the deadly mission. But what Henrietta and Miles don’t know is that while they are trying to find the Black Tulip (and possibly falling in love), the Black Tulip is watching them.

Los lectores que disfrutaron de las aventuras del Clavel Carmesí, el espía inglés que puso en jaque a la mismísima policía de Napoleón, tienen ahora la oportunidad de conocer al Tulipán Negro, el oponente frances del Clavel. Y sera la joven historiadora americana Eloisa Kelly la encargada de seguirle la pista. En los archivos de la familia Selwick, la joven descubrira quienes ayudaron al Clavel Carmesi en su lucha sin cuartel para desenmascarar al despiadado Tulipan Negro Y mientras se desarrolla la confrontacion entre las dos potencias rivales, otras cosas no menos interesantes ocurriran, tanto en el pasado como en el presente.

Eloise Kelly has gotten into quite a bit of trouble since she started spying on the Pink Carnation and the Black Tulip-two of the deadliest spies to saunter the streets of nineteenth-century England and France. Not only has she unearthed secrets that will rearrange history, she's dallied with Colin Selwick and sought out a romantic adventure all her own. Little does she know that she's about to uncover another fierce heroine running headlong into history.

La joven Eloisa Nelly se encuentra en Londres con una beca,preparando una tesis sobre los románticos espías ingleses definales del XVIII: La Pimpinela Escarlata, La Genciana Púrpura y ElClavel Carmesi. Mientras que la identidad de los dos primeros seconoce, la del Clavel, que salva Inglaterra de la invasion deNapoleon, sigue siendo un misterio. Convencida de que guardauna relacion con la familia Selwick, descendiente de la GencianaPurpura Eloisa descubre un diario inedito en el que se cuenta lafascinante historia de Amy Balcourt y sus amores con la Genciana.

Convencida de que los héroes románticos son cosa del pasado, la atractiva y brillante investigadora americana Eloise Kelly se instala en Londres para terminar su tesis sobre los dos espías más famosos de la epoca de las guerras con Napoleon: la Pimpinela Escarlata y la Genciana Purpura. Para su sorpresa y deleite, sus pesquisas le ponen en la pista de algo que se les habia pasado por alto a los mejores historiadores: una historia secreta que comienza con una carta fechada en 1803 y que descubre el misterio del Clavel Carmesi, el espia mas escurridizo de todos los tiempos, capaz nada menos que de salvar Inglaterra de la invasion francesa. Al intuir que la clave del misterio esta en la aristocratica familia Selwick, los descendientes de la Genciana Purpura, Eloise no dudara en enfrentarse al atractivo (y bastante antipatico) lord para resolver el enigma.

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