India Black

Author(s): Carol K. Carr (Author)

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Date: January 4, 2011
Edition: First Edition
Language: English
Print length: 304 pages
ISBN-10: 0425238660
ISBN-13: 9780425238660

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When Sir Archibald Latham of the War Office dies from a heart attack while visiting her brothel, Madam India Black is unexpectedly thrust into a deadly game between Russian and British agents who are seeking the military secrets Latham carried.

Blackmailed into recovering the missing documents by the British spy known as French, India finds herself dodging Russian agents-and the attraction she starts to feel for the handsome conspirator.

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India Black, the beautiful young madam of Lotus House, an elegant brothel in Victorian England, has her hands full keeping her girls in line, avoiding the police, and dealing with an insistent clergyman who hopes to save all of them. When Sir Archibald Latham, a high-ranking official at the War Office, dies of a heart attack while enjoying the services of one of India’s tarts, she finds herself in the middle of a deadly espionage game between Russian and British agents who want the military secrets that were in Sir Archibald’s briefcase. French, a handsome British spy, catches India disposing of Latham’s body and blackmails her into helping him recover the missing papers. The trail takes them from the Russian embassy to Claridge’s Hotel and down the English coast as they try to elude the Russians who want to kill them. Also threatening to distract them from their goal is the growing attraction each feels for the other. Readers will enjoy this impressive debut novel, which provides a colorful portrait of Victorian society as seen through the eyes of a strong, intelligent woman. --Barbara Bibel

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It's hard to believe that this is a debut novel. Victorian London...come(s) alive with wit and humor. Expect to stay up late reading this fascinating and...hilarious novel of espionage and intrigue; you won't want to put it down. --RT Book Reviews

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