{"product_id":"playing-with-fire-sharon-robards-9781523307104","title":"Playing with Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Woman Transported\u003c\/i\u003e comes a story of the House of Guelph (Hanover) when the English throne lingered at a far distance like a dim star.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeventeenth century Germany, France and England, are places where love takes a backseat to power - power over people and places. Beautiful Eléonore is deeply in love with George William, heir of a German duchy, and he with her. But he hides a secret that makes a legal marriage impossible. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge William's younger brother, Ernest, and his own bride are desperate to block George William's marriage. If George William never has any male heirs by a legal marriage, then Ernest's sons will inherit George William's lands and holdings. There are other brothers wanting land too. The brothers' plots against each other are only half of it. King Louis XIV of France has designs on German territory and aims to take it by force. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCourtesans, all the fashion in France, now sprout like mushrooms in a German forest. None is more ambitious than Klara, forced to return to her homeland from the Court of King Louis. Her version of love is monetary. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe layered schemes of the upper crust make life treacherous for their powerless offspring, especially young Sophia Dorothea, who must smother her heart's yearnings and yield to the cold commands of her elders or suffer serious consequences. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlaying with Fire \u003c\/i\u003e weaves together the threads of greed, lust, honour and brutality at the dawn of the Industrial age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sharon Robards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1523307102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781523307104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.52d","brand":"Sharon Robards","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49163731632383,"sku":"9781523307104","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/playing-with-fire-sharon-robards-9781523307104","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}