I loved writing and all indications were that I was pretty good at it, but I, thank you very much, wanted to be a rock star. I dreamed of being a novelist.īut most of us, I think, tend to take for granted the things that come easily to us. I began my academic career as a Journalism major I switched to Creative Writing, which was a more comfortable fit for my freewheeling imagination and overdeveloped sense of whimsy. Won a couple of random awards along the way: the Bank of America English Award in High School (which basically just amounted to a fancy plaque saying that I was really, really good at English) and an award for best Sports Feature article in a College Newspaper (and anyone who knows me well understands how deeply ironic that is).
Little's fifth grade class at Glenmoor Elementary did have one) my high school paper (along with my best high school bud, Cindy Jorgenson) and my college paper, where our long-suffering typesetter finally forced me to learn how to typeset because my articles were usually late (and thus I probably have him to thank for all the desktop publishing jobs that ensued over the years). I was editor of my elementary school paper (believe it or not, Mrs. I won the school spelling bee when I was in 7th grade the word that clinched it was 'ukulele.' I originally set out to be a rock star when I grew up (I had a Bono fixation, but who didn't?), and I have the guitars and the questionable wardrobe stuffed in the back of my closet to prove it. Aurelie knows that loving Hawkes means freeing him to do that, no matter the cost.Well, where should I start? I've lived in San Francisco for more than a decade, usually with at least one cat. Soon it’s clear they can have no future without vanquishing the past: Hawkes knows that loving her means avenging her. Hawkes is destitute, the earl is desperate, and a bargain is struck.įleeing a savagely shattered dream, the sheltered Lady Aurelie Capet finds refuge in an alias and the warmth and kindness of the Grand Palace on the Thames-until a gorgeous, mysterious disturbance to her peace literally topples through the door.Īn unexpected, fierce desire that feels destined, dangerous-and devastatingly sweet-ignites between the sheltered beauty and the jaded spy, and as they slowly unravel each other’s shocking secrets Hawkes closes in on the truth about the earl. The catch? Hawkes knows in his bones that Brundage is the traitor to England who landed him in a brutal French prison.
Child’s play for legendary British former spymaster, Christian Hawkes. The mission: Find the Earl of Brundage’s runaway fiancée in exchange for a fortune.
In the fifth installment of bestselling author Julie Anne Long’s charming Palace of Rogues series, a rakish spy finds more than he bargained for in his pursuit of an earl’s enchanting runaway fiancée.
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