The Prince Regent stood in the doorway. “What kind of bloody idiot left this on my bloody bed pillow?” He help up the long-lost fifth Rod of the Rajah.
Olivia clapped a hand over her mouth, unable to stifle a giggle. Dane came up behind her and wrapped both arms about her waist.
“You can keep that, if you like, Your Highness. We don’t need it any longer.”
Every ruler needs a few men he can count on to tell him the truth—whether he wants to hear it or not.
Created in the time of the Normans, when King William the Conqueror found himself overrun with “advisors” more concerned with their own agendas than with the good of the whole, the Quatre Royale were selected from the King’s own boyhood friends. Lords all, and bound by loyalty rather than selfish motives, these four men took on the names of ruthless predators while acting as the Quatre, keeping their lives and identities separate from their true roles …
…to act as the shield of deceit and the sword of truth in the name of the King.
Courageous as the Lion
Deadly as the Cobra
Vigilant as the Falcon
Clever as the Fox
The appointment is for life—the commitment absolute. Bonds of family, friends and even love become as insubstantial as a dream when each hand-selected apprentice takes the seat of the master. All else is merely pretense, kept for the sake of secrecy and anonymity. For it is true that the iron bars of duty cage the hearts and soul of …
… THE ROYAL FOUR.
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The Spy
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SURRENDER TO A WICKED SPY
Copyright © 2005 by Celeste Bradley.
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