The Culper Ring Novellas

Fairchilds Lady and A Heros Promise the two novellas in the Culper Ring Series are brought together in one volume.Fairchilds LadyIn 1789 General Isaac Fairchild travels across the Channel on a very special assignment. After surviving the American Revolution he is now gathering information on life at King Louis XVIs court. But he must also locate a countess and her grown daughter and escort them back to England before revolution explodes in France. He knows danger is in the task set before him but when he meets the beautiful Julienne a new peril beckons him deeper into the intrigue of Versailles.A Heros PromiseIn January of 1835 twenty-year-old Julienne Lane eagerly awaits the return of her fiancé and naval officer Jack Arnaud but she has not been idle. She and her best friend Freeda Payne have been working hard to support the abolitionist movement. Their efforts have been clouded in secrecy but when Freeda shows up in Juliennes cellar with a runaway slave the need for secrets becomes imperative. When Jack returns home will Julienne threaten his career in the Navy by including him in their plans or will she hide news of the slave from him and put his trust to the test? Moreover why does her fiancé appear to be hiding a secret of his own? Despite a harrowing tour of duty in the North Atlantic Jacks hopes for rest and recuperation are put on hold. His wedding to Julienne is in two days but a more pressing matter comes to his attention from his associates in the Culper Ring. Should he ask his beautiful fiancée to postpone the wedding for the third time in two years? How will he and the Culper Ring foil the malicious plans they have uncovered? And why does Julienne blush so brightly when he asks her about the cellar? The clock is ticking. Danger looms. Can justice prevail? Will their love survive?