A Nest of Spies

Series · 2 books · 2020

By Janis Linford

Books in series

An Unwilling Spy

2020

He’s ruthlessly experienced. She’s a novice—in over her head. Adeline Perran doesn’t want to be a traditional woman. Knitting or sewing? No thank you. She’d rather row her dinghy and have adventures. So when a ship flounders off the coast one night, she seizes her chance and goes smuggling… only to end up as a spy. Richard Clendon, code-name Finch, is the most experienced agent at the network. Aloof yet frighteningly observant, he’s tasked with training Adeline. But when they’re given a dangerous mission across Napoleon’s war-torn France after only three weeks, she’s hardly ready. Frankly, he’s not sure she’ll survive. They travel as husband and wife but they’re discovered, and as they flee merciless militia, Adeline must use her ingenuity to keep them alive. But being a pretend wife often leads to wanting the real thing and soon she faces the greatest danger of all—the love that flares between her and Finch—unbidden and totally impossible…

An Unexpected Companion

2020

Desperate times call for desperate measures! To avenge his brother’s death, marine spy Captain Sir Francis Ryeburne, has been given a mission to hunt down and kill the notorious French Fox. Ryeburne’s determined to stop the menace who has been capturing British ships, plundering them for treasure and kidnapping the men. Only, he doesn’t count on an unexpected companion. Ladies companion Lucinda Challington learns she’s been left a fortune. But as a condition of the will, she must seek her betrothed’s permission to access her personal money. The only problem is, he captained a brig to Africa a year ago. Furthermore, when a returned sailor swears her betrothed already has a wife, she’s shocked and bewildered. Desperate to find out the truth, and to claim the authorization, she stows away on a frigate bound for the colonies. But her growing attraction for the captain threatens to complicate everything... An Unexpected Companion is the second book in The Nest of Spies series. The books do not have to be read in order.

Author

Janis Linford

Author · 3 books

“I have always loved the magic of falling deeply into a story world. For me there is no greater pleasure than getting swept up in the beauty, action and romance of another era.” Janis Linford is an award-winning historical romance author. Her book An Unexpected Companion, part of The Nest of Spies Series, won the RWAust Historical Romance Book of the Year 2021. She's also been an RWAust 2017 Emerald Finalist and won the Missouri Chapter Historical Romance Book 2016. She writes Regency stories with spirited heroines and heroes, thrown together with plenty of exciting action. The first book in her new series "The Collectors Club" will release in 2022. She grew up studying computer science and interior design but found herself gravitating to reading and writing. Besides romance, she also loves fantasy novels, oil painting, Pilates and trying to perfect the best chocolate cake ever (it has to be ultra chocolaty). She lives in Melbourne, Australia where she spends time writing, caring for her husband, three adult children and a large garden full of maples and roses.