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The King of Montréal by Daniela Norris

24 June 2025 By Editor

It’s 1800 when Louis-Charles, only 15 years old, arrives in Montréal. Known to everyone as Charles, he has escaped France aboard the ill-fated packet ship Freedom. Rescued by Basque fishermen, Charles is taken to the port of Montréal and left there to fend for himself as he bears the heavy secret of his true identity… […]

The King’s Agent by Rosemary Hayes

22 April 2025 By Editor

In France in 1809, as war against Napoleon is still raging, disgraced soldier Will Fraser and Duncan Armstrong, his wounded sergeant, are now working as agents for the British Government. They are dispatched to France on an urgent mission to rescue undercover spies — royalists, who are ardent enemies of Napoleon, and who have been […]

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