num_pages: 468
description: Colonel William Reid has returned home from India to retire near his children who are safely stowed in an academy in Bath. Upon his return to the Isles however he finds that one of his daughters has vanished along with one of her classmates.Having served as second-in-command to the Pink Carnation one of Englands most intrepid spies it would be impossible for Gwendolyn Meadows to give up the intrigue of Paris for a quiet life in the English countrysideespecially when shes just overheard news of an alliance forming between Napoleon and an Ottoman Sultan. But when the Pink Carnations little sister goes missing from her English boarding school Gwen reluctantly returns home to investigate the girls disappearance.Thrown together by circumstance Gwen and William must cooperate to track down the young ladies before others with nefarious intent get their hands on them. But Gwens partnership with quick-tongued roguish William may prove to be even more of an adventure for her than finding the lost girls
language: English
title: The Passion of the Purple Plumeria
publisher: NAL Trade