Master of Illusion, Book II by Anne Rouen

As horses and writing are her greatest passions, Lynn now embraces an idyllic lifestyle, since she has time to delve into the historical research she so loves. Lynn has recently exchanged her farm for a delightful small acreage on the edge of a village, where she writes full time. A life on the land, including eleven years in Outback Queensland, has mixed nicely with her penchant for writing romantic suspense in historical settings. A graduate of the University of New England, she is a former teacher, dressage rider and cattle breeder. Lynn is a retired Australian country woman, currently living in the North-West region of New South Wales. Let's chat.Īs Clark Kent is to Superman, Lynn Newberry is to Anne Rouen (with the exception of super powers and more of a need to avoid name confusion with an existing author).Īnne Rouen-the nom de plume of Lynn Newberry-is the award-winning author behind the successful historical fiction series, Master of Illusion and, more recently, a set of standalone contemporary historical fiction romance and suspense novels set in the Australian Outback, starting with Winter at Medora Downs. But as their opera house and lives are plunged, yet again, into unthinkable tragedy, fate thrusts Angel and Elise-the Master and Madame-onto a new path of discovery: a path that holds both alluring revelations and nightmares of untold suffering.Īngel and Elise battle choices of life and death, of courage and sacrifice, as they finally discover the answers they've so longed for.Thank you for joining me, pull up a seat and make yourself at home. Walking the fine line required to keep in abeyance the mutual passions of her star, the volatile magician known as the Master of Illusion, and her goddaughter, the beautiful comtesse de Villefontaine, Madame Dupont needs all her ingenuity to divert the jealous rage of the comte and the suspicions of Police Chief Captain Moreau.įew people know the truth behind the Master's identity, yet one of them is, all unwittingly, about to give him away.

It is Paris,1892, and the Opéra Magique is riding a wave of unparalleled success, with the help of Sprite, the Master's popular, fairy-like assistant.

Though the skeletons of the past continue to haunt, the veil concealing the truth begins to fall. Their lives ensue in an entanglement of secrets, subterfuge, tragedy and love through which they battle their fated hand. Master of Illusion Book 2 continues the story of the tormented genius, Angel, and his childhood friend, Elise, the prima ballerina who once graced the stage as La Belle and now directs their own opera house, the Opéra Magique.

Master of Illusion, Book II by Anne Rouen