Fire at Midnight
Rachael Penrose is confined to Bedlam insane asylum in London after discovering that her uncle Victor plans to kill her brother in order to inherit the family fortune. Victor, with a gang of criminals, uses French privateer Sebastien Falconer as the scapegoat for his crimes. When Victor spreads...
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Rachael Penrose is confined to Bedlam insane asylum in London after discovering that her uncle Victor plans to kill her brother in order to inherit the family fortune. Victor, with a gang of criminals, uses French privateer Sebastien Falconer as the scapegoat for his crimes. When Victor spreads the lie that Rachael informed on Falconer’s smuggling activities, Falconer vows revenge on the girl. Gripping suspense and romance play out in front of numerous historical details, including a violent storm that devastated England in 1703 and swept the Eddystone Lighthouse into the sea.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781933836546 (1933836547)
Publish date: March 1st 2009
Publisher: Medallion Press
Pages no: 363
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Adventure,
Paranormal,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Mystery,
Historical Romance,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Suspense
I must say that I really found this story line to be nonsense. I wasn't impressed by the book as I thought I would have been by the previous reviews. In fact, because of the reviews I pushed through the book, but really had a hard time doing it. Seriously, if I could have given it 1/2 a star I would...