From award-winning author Anne Rouen comes the third novel in the
Master of Illusion series. Angel of Song is a historical romance set
in France during the Great War.
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Born into the halcyon era of the Belle Époque, Parisian debutante
Angelique de Villefontaine has been shielded all her young life by her
influential guardian, the marquis du Bois, and his lifelong companion,
Madame Dupont. Despite the protection of her mentors, the allure of
her ethereal beauty and surpassing talent cannot be restrained, and
Angelique’s life becomes a frenetic whirl of performance and social
engagement, peppered with the seduction of fame and adulation. Though
she has a voice of an angel, she is not without her demons.
Unbeknownst to Angelique, her guardian is frantically attempting to
bring the antiquated French Military into the twentieth century.
Acutely aware of growing political tensions and paranoia sweeping
Europe, the marquis’ efforts are rebuffed. Despairing, he sends his
protégé on a mission hitherto unthinkable. Oblivious to this
seething political clime, Angelique embarks on the most important tour
of her budding career, only to be turned back by a murder that plunges
the world into darkness.
Rendered hysterical by the horrors of war, Angelique rallies to help
the wounded. Amidst rumours of an angel whose voice can inspire,
soothe and heal, an eminent general makes an astonishing request. And
the marquis must use all his ingenuity to protect his ward from
enemies, both within their own military and without.
In the particular hell of the trenches, soldiers sacrifice their lives
to hold their posts against insurmountable odds; and as the French
search for inspiration to counter the nihilistic policy of an
implacable enemy, they find they already have a secret weapon —their
own Angel of Song.
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