Veteran governess Laura Grey joins the Selwick Spy School expecting to
find elaborate disguises and thrilling adventures in service to the spy
known as the Pink Carnation. She hardly expects her first assignment to
be serving as governess for the children of André Jaouen, right-hand man
to Bonaparte's minister of police.
At first the job is as lively as Latin, but Laura begins to notice
Jaouen's increasingly strange behavior. As Laura edges closer to her
employer, she is surprised to learn that she has much in common with
him. And Jaouen finds he's hired more than he's bargained for...