Moonraker’s Bride

Historical Fiction

Author: Madeleine Brent

Born in a Mission in China, Lucy Waring finds herself with fifteen small children to feed and care for. The way she tackles this task leads to her being thrown into the grim prison of Chengfu, where she meets Nicholas Sabine – a man about to die.He asks her a cryptic riddle, the mystery of which echoes through all that befalls her in the months that follow…She is brought….Read More

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