When her husband is unjustly accused of theft and murder in Napoleonic France, Mme. Victoire Vernet sets out to clear his name and finds herself in the middle of a plot to assassinate Napoleon. Quinn Fawcett is a "house name" used by editor Bill Fawcett; in this case, the writer is Yarbro.
L’AMOUR ... OR LA MORT? While on a sensitive mission for her husband, the Inspector General, lovely Victoire Vernet inadvertently stumbles upon a traitorous cabal. Not everyone in France revels in the triumphs of her adored hero, Napoleon Bonaparte. Rumors that the great leader is to be formal...