Authors: Roseanna M. White
Circle of Spies
HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
EUGENE, OREGON
Scripture quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Cover by Garborg Design Works, Savage, Minnesota
Cover photos © Chris Garborg; Photo DC Inc.
Some of the prayers are taken from
The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
, published by Banner of Truth,
www.banneroftruth.org
. Used by permission.
Published in association with the literary agency of The Steve Laube Agency, LLC, 5025 N. Central Ave., #635, Phoenix, Arizona, 85012.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
CIRCLE OF SPIES
Copyright © 2014 by Roseanna M. White
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97402
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
White, Roseanna M.
Circle of spies / Roseanna M. White.
pages cm.â(Culper Ring series ; book 3)
ISBN 978-0-7369-5103-6 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-5104-3 (eBook)
1. Women spiesâFiction. 2. United StatesâHistoryâCivil War, 1861-1865âFiction. 3. MarylandâHistoryâCivil War, 1861-1865âFiction. I. Title.
PS3623.H578785C57 2014
813'.6âdc23
2013026761
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To my brave little princess, Xoë, and my little
prince
superspy, Rowyn.
What would a day be without your giggles?
Contents
Genealogy of the Culper Ring Series
Fairchild's Lady
and
A Hero's Promise
Whenever I try to come up with original plots, “different” often means “risky”âwhich means I email my editor in complete uncertainty. Thanks, Kim, for encouraging me to write this series as it needed written, and to the whole team at Harvest House, who I adore working with! Thanks too to my agent, Karen Ball, for being an awesome cheerleader and go-getter. You amaze me.
And as it may never have gotten written if not for that perfect weekend writing retreat, enormous smiles of gratitude to Stephanie, for instant brainstorming, lots of laughter, and hours of beautiful quiet. Thanks too to Dina for her amazingly quick turnaround while critiquing!
As always, the love and support of my family, from hubby David and beautiful kiddos to my parents and grandparents and sister and mom-in-law, give me the strength and inspiration I need.
Special thanks to Alyson Dow for naming little Elsie as part of a contest win on Go Teen Writers. Big, huge, grand appreciation to Rachel Wilder, fashion expert extraordinaire, who taught me how ladies of the Victorian era dressed, layer by layer.
And though he's unlikely to ever pick this book up, I also want to thank Dave Cherry, the former coworker who regaled me with stories of his classmate with the perfect memory, who could read books with his eyes closed after merely glancing at the pages. Bet he never knew he'd end up the inspiration for my heroine!
T
HE
C
ULPER
R
ING
S
ERIES
B
OOK
1âRing of Secrets
Fairchild's Lady
(free e-romance novella)
B
OOK
2âWhispers from the Shadows
http://bit.ly/WhispersfromShadows
A Hero's Promise
(free e-romance novella)
B
OOK
3âCircle of Spies
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Now the brother shall betray the brother to deathâ¦And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
M
ARK
13:12-13
