Brilliant

<p>A recent graduate of England's most exclusive-and unusual-boarding school Lady Portia Blythe has been accepted into the Praetorienne-though not without reservations from those who head the queen's all-female secret guard. <span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Determined to prove herself as part of Queen Victoria's protection detail on a diplomatic mission to Constantinople Portia stumbles into a secret arms auction. She discovers Jack Harding working a case and he joins her in uncovering the purveyors of this devastating weaponry as well as a sinister plot to assassinate the queen and start a war.</span></p><p> </p><p>With trouble at every turn Portia draws on her training marvelous gadgets and her courage. <span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Though troubled by self-doubt she </span>protects <span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>the royal entourage leads their flight</span> across Europe and thwarts assignation attempts. She must trust in allies-former and new-and her prayers for God's help to escape the threats prevent full-blown war and safely escort the queen home for her coronation.</p>