The Not Exactly Scarlet Pimpernel

The Not Exactly Scarlet Pimpernel

Have you ever wanted to rewrite your favorite novel--fix the heroine's mistakes, win the hero's heart? Nina Pennington does. It makes her day when she lands the plum role as the heroine of The Scarlet Pimpernel in a class assignment based on a computer game. She knows she can win--until she realizes her one chance for success requires an alliance with her least-favorite fellow grad student, cast as the Scarlet Pimpernel himself. The game challenges Nina in ways she never anticipated, and that least-favorite fellow grad student starts looking better by the minute. But then, she has always had a soft spot for the swashbuckling Scarlet Pimpernel. Now Nina has to choose: win the game, or take a chance on love? Note: The text of this edition is the same as the first; only the print size has changed. Have you ever wanted to relive, even rewrite, your favorite novel? I did. I had re-read the classic adventure romance  The Scarlet Pimpernel  (Baroness Orczy, 1905) after many years, thanks to Amazon.com's recommendations service, and I was fascinated with the conflict between the main characters. I began imagining how they might resolve their dilemma, and next thing I knew I had 50,000 words of story that included a brand new adventure for Sir Percy and his band. I added a frame, and  The Not Exactly Scarlet Pimpernel  was born. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed creating it. Note that this edition is almost exactly the same as the first, except for the trim size and a few minor corrections. C. P. Lesley, a historian, is also the author of the Tarkei Chronicles ( Desert Flower  and  Kingdom of the Shades ) and of  The Golden Lynx,   The Winged Horse,  and  The Swan Princess,  the first three Legends of the Five Directions, a series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible. She is currently working on Legends 4,  The Vermilion Bird.  The Not Exactly Scarlet Pimpernel  is her 21st-century take on Baroness Orczy's classic adventure romance  The Scarlet Pimpernel  (1905).