The first volume in the Pink Carnation series. Eloise Kelly an American graduate student looking for the one piece of history that will get her dissertation published. She believes there is someone else despite the Scarlet Pimpernel and Purple Gentian in the spying game against France during World War I. With a failed romance in the not so distant past, Eloise digs into her research and discovers a link between the past and present. A letter writing campaign results in a discovery of a secret cache of letters and diaries which may lead to her answer. The reader and Eloise go back in time to the gaiety of English society and the secret world of spies and murder plots. Is the history of England's most elusive spy about to be uncovered and what about Eloise herself? Will she finally find a boyfriend?
Willig takes on a decidedly fun and witty style. This is a romance, adventure, spy comedy all rolled into one. There are times the plot is stretched a bit thin and you wonderful just how much more proof Eloise needs in order to figure out who the Pink Carnation is. But it is a fun romp with laugh out loud antics and a painful reminder that true love doesn't follow a smooth course. A perfect book to curl up with and forget about the rain or snow. A hearty and enthusiastic recommendation.
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