title: Declare: A Novel
author:  Tim Powers 
description: Dazzling . . . a tour de force, a brilliant blend of John le Carre spy fiction with the otherworldly. (Dean Koontz)<br /><br />Theres never been a novel quite like DECLAREone of the protean Powerss most absorbing and rewarding creations. (Kirkus Starred Review)<br /><br />Highly ingenious . . . No one else writes like Powers, and Declare finds him at the top of his game. (San Francisco Chronicle)<br /><br />DECLARE is classic Tim Powers, his best novel since Last Call, and possibly his best to date. (Locus Magazine)<br /><br />Tim Powers is a brilliant writer. Declares occult subtext for the deeper Cold War is wonderfully original and brilliantly imagined. (William Gibson)
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  # His Tempting Governess
  
  
  ### Delightful Doings in Dudley Crescent, Book 2
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Cerise DeLand
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Copyright © 2019 by **Cerise DeLand**
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
  distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means, without prior written
  permission.
  
  
  **Wilma Jo-Ann Power writing as Cerise Deland/W. J. Power Publisher**
  
  
  [**www. cerisedeland.com**](http://www.cerisedeland.com)
  
  
  Images: Period Images
  
  
  Publisher’s Note: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and
  incidents are a product of the author’s imagination. Locales and public names
  are sometimes used for atmospheric purposes. Any resemblance to actual people,
  living or dead, or to businesses, companies, events, institutions, or locales
  is completely coincidental.
  
  
  **ISBN-13: 978-0-9916581-8-3**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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