The Lure of the Moonflower (Pink Carnation #12)

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In the final Pink Carnation novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla, Napoleon has occupied Lisbon, and Jane Wooliston, aka the Pink Carnation, teams up with a rogue agent to protect the escaped Queen of Portugal Portugal, December 1807 Jack Reid, the British agent known as the Moonflower formerly the French agent known as the Moonflower , has been stationed in Portugal and is awaiting his new contact He does not expect to be paired with a woman especially not the legendary Pink Carnation All of Portugal believes that the royal family departed for Brazil just before the French troops marched into Lisbon Only the English government knows that mad seventy three year old Queen Maria was spirited away by a group of loyalists determined to rally a resistance But as the French garrison scours the countryside, it s only a matter of time before she s found and taken It s up to Jane to find her first and ensure her safety But she has no knowledge of Portugal or the language Though she is loath to admit it, she needs the Moonflower Operating alone has taught her to respect her own limitations But she knows better than to show weakness around the Moonflower an agent with a reputation for brilliance, a tendency toward insubordination, and a history of going rogue READERS GUIDE INCLUDED Download The Lure of the Moonflower (Pink Carnation #12) – kino-fada.fr I ve given this a B at AAR, so 4.5 stars.It s always a sad day when a long running series comes to an end, especially one I ve enjoyed as much as Lauren Willig s Pink Carnation series, but I suppose all good things must come to an end And with The Lure of the Moonflower Ms Willig has done her fans proud and brings the series to a close on a high, with a fast moving storyline featuring the Pink Carnation herself, now working alone and undercover in Portugal Jane Wooliston is an intelligent a I ve given this a B at AAR, so 4.5 stars.It s always a sad day when a long running series comes to an end, especially one I ve enjoyed as much as Lauren Willig s Pink Carnation series, but I suppose all good things must come to an end And with The Lure of the Moonflower Ms Willig has done her fans proud and brings the series to a close on a high, with a fast moving storyline featuring the Pink Carnation herself, now working alone and undercover in Portugal Jane Wooliston is an intelligent and determined young woman, who has cleverly run her network of spies and agents from Paris, under the noses of the French, for several years But everything fell apart when in The Passion of the Purple Plumeria , her younger sister Agnes went missing in the company of a schoolmate, Lizzy Reid, and Jane and her chaperone second in command, the formidable Miss Gwen ...A satisfying conclusion to the series, although I will miss thesenew adventures with these people It was great to get inside Jane s and to finally properly meet Jack Reid While I knew in on respect how the story would go, it was still an interesting journey Watching them come to terms with each other while going on with their mission The romance was slow burning building and never overtook the other part of the story Jack has his demons and is full of surprises to Jane and Jane A satisfying conclusion to the series, although I will miss thesenew adventures with these people It was great to get inside Jane s and to finally properly meet Jack Reid While I knew in on respect how the story would go, it was still an interesting journey Watching them come to terms with each other while going on with their mission The romance was slow burning building and never overtook the other part of the story Jack has his demons and is full of surprises to Jane and Jane has a few of her own They havein common then they think at first.The plan doesn t go as planned of course, a few bumps in the road, including a wily one we ve met before I was not expecting view spoiler Jane s parents to declare her dead, wow hide spoiler There was no words for that, but I wanted to hug her.It was a fun journey and hard to put down The little bits at the end from the author are an extra bonus I would recommend this but start with secret history first as there is some slight spoilers for other books and Co...Had to give the series finale 5 stars Pink XII is the much anticipated Jane s Story For long time readers of the series, it s a story we ve been wanting to know read for awhile Personally, I think it was done excellently With Jane as the lead character, we see a different side to her personality than we ve seen before I think that s typical of the series, though People aren t always what they seem to onlookers and once you get to know them first hand, you see inside them and get Had to give the series finale 5 stars Pink XII is the much anticipated Jane s Story For long time readers of the series, it s a story we ve been wanting to know read for awhile Personally, I think it was done excellently With Jane as the lead character, we see a different side to her personality than we ve seen before I think that s typical of the series, though People aren t always what they seem to onlookers and once you get to know them first hand, you see inside them and get to know them in a different way I liked this Jane, though I hated the sadness and loneliness she has endured that wasn t advertised so much in past books She is a remarkable character and much loved by me personally She and Jack aka Moonflower together had a real spark, which kept the romantic tensions high and exciting in the book There are cameos of many of the series past stars so to speak And, We see a satisfying...All good things must come to end And so it seems must my favorite historical romance series, The Pink Carnation offering us its twelfth and final installment, The Lure of the Moonflower deep sigh For eleven novels author Lauren Willig has enchanted us with Napoleonic spies, romance and laughter It has been an amazing ride while it lasted Now with one last fling ahead of me I started to read and listen to the audio edition this new novel Pushing aside my deep lament, I came to the realiza All good things must come to end And so it seems must my favorite historical romance series, The Pink Carnation offering us its twelfth and final installment, The Lure of the Moonflower deep sigh For eleven novels author Lauren Willig has enchanted us with Napoleonic spies...I ve always had a bit of a thing for espionage stories particularly from the past so the Pink Carnation series has been right up my alley The Lure of the Moonflower is the twelfth and final book of the series and brings things full circle with a mission for the Pink Carnation herself.For those not in the know, this series is told split story present story framing a past story In the present, Eloise and Collin have their adventures as Eloise lives at the old Selwick country...Even though I really liked Jack and even Nicolas, I wasn t impressed by Jane aka the Pink Carnation.I REALLY LIKED THIS.I was so, so wary about this book, as those of you that I talk about this series with and that I dragged into it with me know well Everything after book six is so hit or miss for me the books range from not a fan at all to I liked that waythan I expected, but maybe not as much as I thought And I wanted this book I d wanted this book since she announced that we d already met Jane s hero and we spent considerable time speculating as to his identity.I wanted to l I REA...I wasn t sure what to expect from this novel This series was really fun and while Book 1 wasn t my favorite, Books 2 5 were great The series reached its peak with book 6, the fantastic Betrayal of the Blood Lily After that there was a decline Or maybe I just didn t care too much about the newer characters But I think Willig is really back on form with this book It sserious than her last few,in the vein of Blood Lily, which only makes ...review rating to come later but hint I really liked it.OKAY SO 4.5 Stars This for me, was a return to what I love about the early books The mix between farce and danger and serious stuff and arguing about what to call the donkey stuff like this is why I adored this series, and I m so glad we bookended the series with that stuff.That being said I did go into this with lowered expectations for this book so I m sure some of my love of it is associated with that, but it genuinely is g review rating to come later but hint I really liked it.OKAY SO 4.5 Stars This for me, was a return to what I love about the early books The mix between farce and danger and serious stuff and ...I wasn t that into this, but, well, I kind of knew it would be a tough sell for me The series has just gone on too long and I ve grown weary of Willig s writing.I do wish we d gotten the Jane and Nicolas novella Willig apparently planned on writing I felt like I missed out on something, since so much of that relationship happened off screen.And the Colin Eloise story view spoiler was so very very silly I didn t like it hide spoiler I d have some interest in a view spoiler Lizzy Nicolas I wasn t that into this, but, well, I kind of knew it would be a tough sell for me The series has just gone on too long and I ve grown weary o...

The Lure of the Moonflower (Pink Carnation #12)
  • English
  • 20 September 2018
  • Paperback
  • 528 pages
  • 0451473027
  • Lauren Willig
  • The Lure of the Moonflower (Pink Carnation #12)