Now Face to Face
By Karleen Koen
The much-loved heroine of Karleen Koen’s bestselling Through a Glass Darkly returns in a passionate, unforgettable, romantic tale.
Two years after the South Sea Bubble of 1719, the English aristocracy is still reeling from financial loss, and the Hanoverian crown is under renewed threat from Jacobite invasion. It is a world of intrigue, unrest, mistrust, gossip, duelling and scandal. And in its midst is the beautiful young Barbara Montgeoffry, Countess Devane; widow of a disgraced South Sea director, daughter and sister of Jacobite traitors. Caught between scandal and love, she faces crown, court and society alone – but for the beauty and presence that make her one of the most envied and emulated women of her age.
Now Face to Face is a magnificent evocation of a lost era, which takes the reader from Hanoverian England to the plantations of Virginia. Grand in theme, minute in detail, richly textured and gloriously atmospheric, Now Face to Face is a superior historical romance novel that will please not only those who have read Through a Glass Darkly but anyone who enjoys the genre, or wishes to find out more about an era and events that remain relevant today.
Praise for Now Face to Face:
‘Intrigue, adventure, suspense and love … a beautifully written, completely satisfying saga’ – Jean M. Auel, best-selling author
‘Koen’s smooth prose and nicely integrated background details make this a superior historical romance’ – Publishers Weekly
‘Koen writes beautifully’ – New York Newsday
Buy from Amazon
