Five People

Five People by Marjorie Bowen is a powerful and rich addition to Bowen's historical romances. Bowen writes thrillingly about the posh lives of five young socialites in Paris, and their shocking and undeniable chemistry. Excerpt: «Madame St. Luc was pale, of medium coloring, with uncommonly large grey eyes and a mobile mouth, rather wide and constantly trembling into a smile, her features were of ordinary feminine prettiness; it was her carriage, her movements, her hands and arms, her lovely feet, that made her beautiful; if she had had to jostle along with the crowd she might all her life have passed unnoticed, but placed, adorned, set off with every advantage, no person of taste could have overlooked her uncommon grace.»