title: The Forbidden Rose (The Spymaster Series)
author:  Joanna Bourne 
description: Bourne (<i>The Spymaster's Lady</i>) returns to the French Revolution for her latest romance, this time matching up an English spy and a French aristocrat. Marguerite de Fleurignac, a noblewoman who smuggles migrs to England, encounters William Doyle in the charred remains of her chateau outside of Paris. She needs sanctuary and agrees to let him escort her through the French countryside. Though she pretends to be Scottish and he claims to be French, no one in this book seems able to keep secrets: William knows Marguerite's identity, she and the French secret police both know he is hunting her father, and everyone, including the secret police and the British, knows everything about the smugglers. Nonetheless, the romance is sweet, and once William and Marguerite admit their love, the ensuing adventure story is everything a spy thriller should be. <i>(June)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: **Praise for**
  
  
  SPARE ME THE TRUTH
  
  
  ‘An **action-packed, Bourne-esque mystery thriller** – impossible to put down’
  
  
  Mason Cross
  
  
  ‘ **Had me reading till ridiculous hours of the night** , needing to find out
  _what happens next_ ’
  
  
  Ruth Downie, author of the Ruso Medicus series
  
  
  ‘A **high octane** mix of Jason Bourne game playing and gritty Brit noir, CJ
  Carver puts the pedal to the metal and doesn’t let up . . . !’
  
  
  Jack Grimwood, author of _Moskva_
  
  
  ‘ _Spare Me the Truth_ is **a complex tale of betrayal and deception**. CJ
  Carver writes with compassion about characters she really cares about’
  
  
  Parker Bilal, author of _City of Jackals_
  
  
  ‘A fast-paced, high concept thriller that ticks all the boxes and then some.
  Strong women, international covert intrigue, and a nasty serial killer. I’m so
  glad this is the first of a series: **I want more of amnesiac Dan Forrester
  and ‘lively’ PC Lucy Davies** , and I want it now!’
  
  
  Julia Crouch, author of _Cuckoo_
  
  
  ‘A rattling good story wi