PROVIDENCE FORGE, Va., Jan. 13, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a posthumous release of a compelling and riveting fiction, readers will follow the rollercoaster life, exhilarating adventures, and dangerous missions of the ever daring and dashing Nicole Laurent. Author Elizabeth Baroody aka Christy Demaine had woven this intricate tale to capture the exciting and formidable spirit of the woman protagonist, who never backs down no matter how sticky the situation she gets herself into or how seemingly impossible her quest may be.
Nicole Longet never knew her father. She was born in Paris, France, living with her mother and grandmother until she received a scholarship to study in the U.S. After graduation, she returned to France. There, she meets and marries Rene Laurent, the owner of a jewelry store who designs and makes his own creations. Nicole, besides working in the store, also delivers the jewelry to customers in many countries. She has gotten the attention of a U.S. Government Agency who is always searching for investigators and agents. Nicole is followed, tested several times, and accepted into the world of spies and secret agents.
After a year or two of training and aiding other agents, she is assigned the job of capturing or eliminating a rogue agent in St. Augustine, Florida, who has killed one agent and is trying to kill Emmalou Shallotte, a smitten teenager, because he believes she has deceived him. Her next assignments would include rescuing a small six-year-old boy held in an embassy in Washington and protecting a gypsy woman from her children.
In her personal life, she faces the death of her grandmother, the bequeathing of the brass bound trunk, the divorcing from Rene, and the romantic start of a new love. Her search for her father enters a new stage with the opening of her grandmother's trunk, which contains information about a circus performer who might be a thief on the side and might be her father. The search continues through the mystery at the Hemphill plantation and the stalking of Jean Ducharme at Randolph College in Virginia. Her trials and tribulations with Carlo, another agent, and her trip with Derek the dwarf to Florida to find her father will finally complete this interesting tale.
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About the Author
Elizabeth Baroody aka Christy Demaine, born in 1925 and died in 2008, was married to Alfred Baroody. They have five children, seven grandchildren, and thirteen great-grandchildren. She was an independent Photo-Journalist from 1970 to her death and has written, sold, and has had published approximately one hundred fifteen articles, short stories, and one book. The following publications have used her work; Early American Life, Writer's Digest, The Antique Trader, Numismatic Scrapbook, Marriage and Family, Horse Illustrated, Spinning Wheel, Country Magazine, Hobbies, Antique Week, Post Card Collector, and Cricket Magazine. Under the name of Christy Demaine, she wrote the book, A Matter of Revenge, published by Playboy Press in 1978. It sold about 30,000 copies, and is still available at bookstores and eBay online. Nicole Laurent is one of the books she wrote that has not been previously published.
Nicole Laurent * by Elizabeth Baroody aka Christy Demaine
Publication Date: January 11, 2010
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