Jane Reads: "Waiting On" Wednesday (June 12), The Passion of the Purple Plumeria

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

"Waiting On" Wednesday (June 12), The Passion of the Purple Plumeria

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that readers are eagerly anticipating.

This week, my pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

The Passion of the Purple Plumeria, by Lauren Willig

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 England’s most intrepid spies, it would be impossible for Gwendolyn Meadows to give up the intrigue of Paris for a quiet life in the English countryside—especially when she’s just overheard news of an alliance forming between Napoleon and an Ottoman Sultan. But, when the Pink Carnation’s little sister goes missing from her English boarding school, Gwen reluctantly returns home to investigate the girl’s 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 Gwen’s partnership with quick-tongued, roguish William may prove to be even more of an adventure for her than finding the lost girls…

From the author's website

The Passion of the Purple Plumeria is the tenth book in the Pink Carnation series by Lauren Willig. The other nine books have been wonderful, and I expect no less of this one. I just placed my order, so it should arrive in my mailbox on the release day, August 6!

If you are new to the series, the books are "time slip" novels - they go back and forth between two time periods (contemporary England and Napoleonic England / France / India). Each book in the series features a different romantic couple, but includes "old friends" from previous books. This is another series which really should be read from the beginning. Highly recommended!

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COMMENTS from GOOGLE+

Debbie Haupt

1 month ago - Shared publicly

Thanks for the update I love Lauren and have read and interviewed her for her latest release The Ashford Affair. Ooh and this one looks wicked good too :)