After bloodthirsty revolutionaries murder her family, Françoise Despres vows to avenge their deaths and fight the violent mob destroying her beloved France by becoming a spy for the counter-revolutionary cause. She knows great success, silently slipping between the shadows to carry secret messages that thwart her foes. But she never expected to come up against Sebastien de Bréze, a daring, clever cavalry officer in the revolutionary army and master spy hunter. Who will win this dangerous game of cat and mouse? When Sebastien discovers the spy he has captured is actually a wily, elusive young woman cloaked in men's garb and shrouded in secrets, he finds himself intrigued and titillated. But the crafty woman slips through his grasp and soon he finds himself chasing her through France. Undaunted, he makes it his mission to recapture Françoise Despres, body and soul.
Before writing novels, Leah Marie Brown worked as a newspaper reporter and served in the United States Air Force as a Radio and Television Broadcaster.
After her tour in the military, she worked as a director of public relations and freelance journalist. Her articles have appeared in numerous publications, including The Arizona Republic, Parents Magazine, Seventeen, Off Duty, Writers Digest, and Writers Journal. She has lived in Europe, Asia, Central America, and the United States. An enthusiastic traveler and ardent collector of historical minutia, she enjoys weaving factual events and characters into her articles and novels.
On a trip to Paris, she wandered into a used bookstore and unearthed a dusty book about women of the French Revolution. This is where she discovered the heroine for her novel, Silence in the Mist.
Learn more about Leah Marie Brown's writing and photography by visiting her sites: www.leahmariebrown.net and www.leahmariebrown.com
