She kept her head down and studied her mother’s letter from home. Two years in a city buffeted by mob violence and political intrigue had honed her instinct for self-preservation. She knew better than to look up when she felt their eyes on her. Jenny overheard the wine merchant telling the tavern keeper in hushed tones. * BingeBooks earns revenue from qualifying purchases as an Amazon Associate as well as from other retail partners. Soon, the two are launched on a desperate journey through the wilderness, toward a future shaped by the revolution-and their passion for each other… By the time Severin meets up with Jenny once again, she is on a British hanging list, and Severin is ordered to find her-and deliver her to certain death. Months later, Jenny has abandoned her dreams of stage glory and begun writing seditious plays for the Rebels under the pen name “Cornelia,” ridiculing “Gentleman Johnny” Burgoyne and his army-and undermining the crown’s campaign to take Albany.
Severin’s mission is to keep the pleasure-loving general focused on the war effort…and away from pretty young actresses. But the tables are turned when Severin himself can’t resist Jennifer Leighton… But her plan is foiled by British intelligence officer Severin Devere.
When the playwright General John Burgoyne visits the city, fresh from a recent success in the capitol, she seizes the opportunity to court his patronage. With her witty comedies, American actress Jennifer Leighton has been packing the John Street Theater, but she longs to escape the provincial circuit for the glamour of the London stage.
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