Silk and Subterfuge: A Variation on Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion

by Corrie Garrett

Set against the unstable beauty of 1813 Istanbul, Silk and Subterfuge is another romantic mystery in the Sweet Regency Saga—where love always finds its way through! (For new readers, especially lovers of Agatha Christie, this is a good place to jump in!)

Just after midnight, a violent storm traps Helen Stratford, her family, and their guests at a seaside mansion on the Bosporus. The house is full for the diplomatic event of the season, but by morning it is one guest fewer. A Russian noble lies dead in the garden, and the evidence points directly at Nicholas Ralli, a wealthy Greek merchant found with the count’s pocket watch.

Isolated by the storm and with a murderer among them, Helen must uncover the truth before the diplomats trapped in the house begin to break alliances and cost lives.

And before Mr. Ralli tempts her to flee the mediocre marriage she is meant for.

For Nicholas Ralli has decided that Helen is safer with him than anywhere else. And he has no intention of letting a murder, a political conspiracy, or a ship bound for London take her away.

As romance quietly blooms between new faces in this unfamiliar city, the cost of misplaced trust grows even higher.

Join Captain Wentworth, Anne Elliot, and more beloved characters as they navigate a whole new world of double agents and dangerous love in the Ottoman Empire.

313 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 1, 2026

About the author

Hello! I'm Corrie Garrett, indie author of the Austen Ensemble trilogy and other romance novels. I'm currently working on a story about the characters of Mansfield Park, as well as an historical fantasy in the Byzantine Empire.
I love to read as well as write - mainly young adult (contemporary, dystopian, adventure, science fiction), romance (Christian, suspense, historical), science fiction, and urban fantasy.
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