father want this intrusion from the past? But when Alexei
disappears, Lydia is left almost penniless in Soviet Russia -
and doubting the choices she has made. Surrounded by
dangers, she searches for information and soon finds
herself entangled with a Russian officer.
But Chang An Lo has not forgotten Lydia. He knows things
about her father that she does not. And while he races to
protect her, she is prepared to risk treacherous
consequences to discover the truth . . .
978-1-84744-170-6
THE RUSSIAN CONCUBINE
Kate Furnivall
‘Wonderful, a gripping love story . . . A hugely ambitious and atmospheric epic novel’ Kate Mosse, author of Labyrinth
1928. Exiled from Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution, the beautiful and fiery Lydia and her aristocratic mother, Valentina, have taken refuge in Junchow, China. With destitution looming, Lydia realises that she must use her wits to survive and resorts to stealing.
When a valuable ruby necklace goes missing, Chang An Lo, a handsome Chinese youth who is under threat from troops hunting down Communists, saves her from certain death.
Thrust into clashes with the savage triads of Junchow and the strictures of the white colonial settlement, Lydia and Chang fall in love and are swept up in a fierce fight against prejudice and shame. Forced to face opium-running, betrayal and kidnap, their compelling attraction to each other is tested to the limits.
The Russian Concubine is an epic novel of love and loss, secrets and lies, danger and terror.
978-0-7515-4042-0
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