Shana Galen Presents An Introduction to the Barbican Group and a Giveaway!!!

An Introduction to the Barbican Group

My recent release, Love and Let Spy, is the final (almost) novel in my Lord and Lady Spy series. I say almost because I have a Christmas novella featuring two secondary characters from Love and Let Spy still to come.

But for now, Love and Let Spy is the last novel. When I began the series almost 5 years ago, I didn’t think any farther ahead than the first novel Lord and Lady Spy. In that book, I introduced an elite espionage group called the Barbican. I chose that term because a barbican is a fortified outpost or gateway, often an outer defense on a castle. I thought that seemed an appropriate title for an organization taxed with protecting the Crown.

In Lord and Lady Spy and the subsequent books, I had fun introducing several members of the Barbican group.

Here’s a short primer for any of you who are new to the series.

Sophia Galloway

introduced in Lord and Lady Spy

code name Saint

impulsive, intuitive, never fails, awful with pistols

Adrian Galloway

introduced in Lord and Lady Spy

code name Wolf

practical, strategist, planner

Blue

introduced in Lord and Lady Spy

real name Ernest Bloomington

uncanny way of knowing things, fear of confined spaces, master of disguise

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Lord Melbourne

introduced in Lord and Lady Spy

code name M

the director of the Barbican group

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Winslow (Winn) Keating

introduced in True Spies

code name Baron

strong, clever, unconventional

Elinor Keating

introduced in True Spies

code name Butterfly

organized, efficient, sensible

Jane Bonde

introduced in True Spies

code name Bonde

likes her ratafia shaken, not stirred

language expert, tracking expert, fearless

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Miss Qwillen

introduced in Love and Let Spy

code name Q

weaponry designer

Pierce Moneypence

introduced in Love and Let Spy

no code name

hates blood, loves Bonde, clerk for M

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As you can see, my little spy world kept getting bigger and bigger. Do you have a favorite continuing series? One reader who comments will be randomly chosen to win a copy of Love and Let Spy (U.S. and Canada only).

Shana Galen is the bestselling author of fast-paced adventurous Regency historicals, including the RT Reviewers' Choice The Making of a Gentleman. Booklist says, "Galen expertly entwines espionage-flavored intrigue with sizzling passion," and RT Bookreviews calls her "a grand mistress of the action/adventure subgenre." She taught English at the middle and high school level off and on for eleven years. Most of those years were spent working in Houston's inner city. Now she writes full time. She's happily married and has a daughter who is most definitely a romance heroine in the making. Shana loves to hear from readers, so send her an email or see what she's up to daily on Facebook and Twitter.