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Without Refuge
The sequel to The False Light.
In the wake of the French Revolution, a woman fights for success in New Orleans while searching for her lost lover.
Ruined countess, Bettina Jonquiere, leaves England after the reported drowning of her lover. In New Orleans she struggles to establish a new life for her children. Soon a ruthless Frenchman demands the money stolen by her father at the start of the French Revolution. In this sequel to The False Light, Bettina is forced on a dangerous mission to France to recover the funds. She unravels dark family secrets, but will she find the man she lost as well?
In the wake of the French Revolution, a woman fights for success in New Orleans while searching for her lost lover.
Ruined countess, Bettina Jonquiere, leaves England after the reported drowning of her lover. In New Orleans she struggles to establish a new life for her children. Soon a ruthless Frenchman demands the money stolen by her father at the start of the French Revolution. In this sequel to The False Light, Bettina is forced on a dangerous mission to France to recover the funds. She unravels dark family secrets, but will she find the man she lost as well?
243 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 5, 2012
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About the author
Diane Scott Lewis
26 books182 followersDiane Scott Lewis grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and joined the Navy at nineteen. She wrote book reviews for the Historical Novel Review magazine and was a historical editor for The Wild Rose Press. She'd been on editorial panels and a digital panel for the HNS. Her first novel was published in 2010. She's had numerous historical novels published since: adventure, romantic elements, and a time-travel. She also published a Revolutionary war novel told from the British side-Her Vanquished Land.
Her current release is a WWII romantic suspense, Bretagne, a forbidden affair.
Her current release is a WWII romantic suspense, Bretagne, a forbidden affair.
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March 11, 2013
A good read while on a long trip in the air or sea.
Without Refuge is a continuance from 'Betrayed Countess'. It carries on the story from 'Betrayed' where the protagonist goes in search of her mother, an emigre from the French Revolution, to find her in New Orleans. It is a tale of a woman who is strong, who survives to protect her children, and to search for lost loved ones.
A great deal of research went into this novel, from the French Revolution, to Cornwall, London, to New Orleans, and back to France and the Directory, its dissolution, and Napoleon with his marital troubles. I felt encapsulated in a historical bubble. Fear for the corrupt French government or its enemies and betrayal hounded Bettina from the onset of her 'Countess' to the end of 'Without Refuge'. This meant several story lines, but by the end of the second novel, all of them were tied very nicely with closure ribbons.
Without Refuge is a continuance from 'Betrayed Countess'. It carries on the story from 'Betrayed' where the protagonist goes in search of her mother, an emigre from the French Revolution, to find her in New Orleans. It is a tale of a woman who is strong, who survives to protect her children, and to search for lost loved ones.
A great deal of research went into this novel, from the French Revolution, to Cornwall, London, to New Orleans, and back to France and the Directory, its dissolution, and Napoleon with his marital troubles. I felt encapsulated in a historical bubble. Fear for the corrupt French government or its enemies and betrayal hounded Bettina from the onset of her 'Countess' to the end of 'Without Refuge'. This meant several story lines, but by the end of the second novel, all of them were tied very nicely with closure ribbons.
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