My Lord and Spymaster

He found the traitor, the man who killed his best friend.

Trouble is, he's falling in love with the traitor's daughter.

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The Spymaster's Lady

Two spies on the run - a woman loyal to France, a man loyal to England - and a secret that means peace or war for two nations.

They break the first rule. They fall in love.

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Her Ladyship's Companion

Melissa Rivenwood finds love and danger on the coast of Cornwall. Can she trust the enigmatic Giles Tarsin?

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What Comes Next?: An Interview

We're visiting today with Joanna Bourne who wrote The Spymaster's Lady and My Lord and Spymaster. How does it feel to have two books on the shelves?
Good. Great, in fact.

What's next? When is your next book out and what will it be?
I just recently signed a new contract with Berkley -- Berkley published those first two books, so it seems they're not displeased with me yet. The new contract is two books. The first of those would be late 2009 or in 2010.

That's a long time.
I'm afraid I'm a slow writer. I cannot tell you how much I envy folks who can write a book in seven or eight months. I don't think I'll ever be able to do this.
There's this too. I have just a mollifying amount of research to do.

Tell us about the story. Who, what, where, and when?
It's France. 1794. As usual, civilization has fallen with a basso profundo clatter and all right-thinking people are at each other's throats. In Paris, the guillotine's doing a roaring business. Civil war batters and bashes its way across the countryside. On the philosophical front, the world's teetering on the cusp of old loyalties and new.

Maggie is caught in the center. Her old certainties have been swept away. Love and loyalty pull in different directions. To survive, she'll become someone she barely recognizes.

And Doyle ... our Doyle is playing the detached loner. This is maybe not so smart when half of France is after his neck.

Do we see Adrian?
Oh yes. Adrian's a strong secondary character in MAGGIE. He's at his most exasperating. He's a teenager; he has no loyalties; and he's armed.

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