01586cam a2200301 4500 513061662 TxAuBib 20110530120000.0 100923s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010040588 9780525951995 0525951997 9780451235558 tr.pap. 045123555X tr.pap. (OCoLC)635459455 DLC DLC BTCTA YDXCP UPZ GO3 TxAuBib Willig, Lauren. The orchid affair. New York : Dutton, 2011. 405 p. ; 24 cm. Pink Carnation series ; 8 Laura Grey, a veteran governess, joins the Selwick Spy School and her first assignment is serving as governess for the children of Andre Jaouen, right-hand man to Bonaparte's minister of police. Jaouen and his arch rival, Gaston Delaroche, are investigating a suspected Royalist plot to unseat Bonaparte, and Laura's mission is to report any suspicious findings. Soon, Laura and Jaouen are forced on the run with the children, and with the help of the Pink Carnation they escape to the countryside, traveling as husband and wife. But Delaroche will stop at nothing to take down his nemesis. With his men hot on their trail, can Laura and Jaouen seal the fate of Europe before it's too late? 20110530. Women spies Fiction. Governesses Fiction. Romances, Historical Regency. Pink Carnation series ; 8.