The Velvet Thorn

by Angela Alexie

A story sweeping through the generations, baring every human passion!
Like her mother before her, who met a tragic death for bearing a child by the man she loved, she gambles her aristocratic heritage to follow the blazing star of destiny...

Fleeing the raging conflict that consumes the majesty of France and the treachery of her own family, she seeks refuge amid the uncharted dangers of the rugged French countryside and in the arms of a bold, brooding English spy, who holds the most incredible secret of her past....

320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Angela Talias lives in Marietta, Georgia, with her husband and two young daughters. As Angela Alexie, she wrote four romance novels form 1980 to 1984. She received an award from the National League of American Pen Women for her last Fawcett historical romance, The Treacherous Heart.