title: The Antonakos Marriage
author:  Kate Walker 
description: Kate Walker was always making up stories. She can't remember a time when she wasn't scribbling away at something and wrote her first book when she was eleven. She went to Aberystwyth University, met her future husband and after three years of being a full-time housewife and mother she turned to her old love of writing. Mills &amp; Boon accepted a novel after two attempts, and Kate has been writing ever since. Visit Kate at her website at: www.kate-walker.com
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  ### About the Book
  
  
  When young British agent John Kirby is sent to Russia in 1911, he does not
  expect to fall in love. Then an invitation to a ball arrives from the Tsar
  and, after an evening of dancing and romance, John and the Tsar’s eldest
  daughter, Olga, are totally captivated by one another.
  
  
  Soon John is spending more time with Olga and her family – wonderful, long
  peaceful summers of tennis parties and picnics. But as love begins to blossom
  between the pair, a cruel blow is dealt. John is forced to return to England
  and Olga and her family are caught up in the bitter and bloody war of 1914.
  
  
  Will John and Olga ever be reunited? Can their love survive the odds? Or will
  tragedy, pain and longing destroy them both?
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  [Cover](cover.xhtml)
  
  
  [About the Book](about_book.xhtml)
  
  
  [Title Page](title.xhtml)
  
  
  [Book I: Tranquillity](part_001_split_000.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter One](chapter_001.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter Two](chapter_002.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter Three](chapter_