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When Love Commands is the third installment in the Marietta Danver series. After a crash in London and a decade of recovery, Marietta finds herself under the care of Lucie Orlov and the enigmatic Count Gregory Orlov, a Russian aristocrat notorious for his passion and ruthlessness. Stranded in Russia, she must travel with Lucie to St. Petersburg, where courtroom politics, a jealous empress, and revolutionary unrest threaten her safety. Amid the chaos, Marietta wrestles with her lingering feelings for Jeremy Bond, her former love, and the dangerous allure of the Count.
The novel blends romance with historical detail, presenting the dramatic backdrop of Russian court life and the turbulence of the era’s political upheaval.
First publish date: 1984
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Jennifer Wilde
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