Philadelphia, June 1780. George Washington's two least likely spies return, masquerading as husband and wife as they search for traitors in Philadelphia.\nMonths have passed since young widow Becca Parcell and former printer Daniel Alloway foiled a plot that threatened the new nation. But independence is still a distant dream, and General Washington can't afford more unrest, not with food prices rising daily and the value of money falling just as fast.\nAt the General's request, Becca and Daniel travel to Philadelphia to track down traitors who are flooding the city with counterfeit money. Searching for clues, Becca befriends the wealthiest women in town, the members of the Ladies Association of Philadelphia, while Daniel seeks information from the city's printers.\nBut their straightforward mission quickly grows personal and deadly as a half-remembered woman from Becca's childhood is arrested for murdering one of the suspected counterfeiters.\nWith time running out-and their faux marriage breaking apart-Becca and Daniel find themselves searching for a hate-driven villain who's ready to kill again.

The Counterfeit Wife: A Revolutionary War Mystery

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Becker, Mally

Mystery

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The Paris Mistress: A Revolutionary War Mystery

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Level Best - Historia

Recently widowed, Rebecca Parcell is too busy&#8239;struggling to maintain her farm in Morristown to give a fig who wins the War&#8239;for Independence. But rumors are spreading in the winter of 1780 that she's a Loyalist sympathizer&#8239;who betrayed&#8239;her husband to the British-quite a tidy way to end her disastrous&#8239;marriage, the village gossips whisper. Everyone knows that her husband was a Patriot, a hero who died aboard a British&#8239;prison ship moored in New York Harbor. But "everyone" is wrong. Parcell was a British spy, and General&#8239;Washington-who spent that winter in Morristown-can prove it. He&#8239;swears he'll safeguard Becca's farm if she unravels her husband's secrets. With&#8239;a mob ready to exile her or worse, it's an offer she can't refuse. Escaped British prisoner of war Daniel Alloway was the last person to see Becca's&#8239;husband alive, and Washington throws this unlikely couple together on an&#8239;espionage mission to British-occupied New York City. Moving from&#8239;glittering balls to an underworld of&#8239;brothels and prisons, Becca and Daniel&#8239;uncover a plot that threatens the new country's future. But will they move&#8239;quickly enough to warn General Washington? And can Becca, who's&#8239;lost almost&#8239;everyone she loves, fight her growing attraction to Daniel, a man who always&#8239;moves on?

The Turncoat's Widow: A Revolutionary War Mystery

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