The Requisite Courage

As Europe draws toward war, an extraordinary woman steps into the arena.In Edwardian England, Lady Adelaide Azalea Margaret de Morville, Mrs. Hugh Becket, lately of the Cape Colony, was born the daughter of an Earl, but is now the widow of a commoner. She straddles two worlds, speaks fluent German, and can ride, hunt and shoot. Her talents draws the eye of spymaster William Melville, who recruits her to help him fight a shadow game with German agents both at home and aboard.

Her first assignment is to attend a weekend house party at Balmoral Castle. One of the guests intends to assassinate King Edward and she must find out who before they make their move…

This novelette is the first in the Adelaide Becket Edwardian espionage series.

1.0: The Requisite Courage
2.0: The Rosewater Debutante
3.0: The Unaccompanied Widow
4.0: The Lavender Semaphore
5.0: The Broadcloth Midnight
6.0: The Salinghall Error
7.0: The Indecent Agent
7.5: Adelaide Becket Adventures (Boxed set)
…and more to come.

A historical suspense espionage novelette.
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Praise for the Adelaide Becket series:

Tracy takes you again back in time to an era you could only imagine about but brings it in vivid color through her story

A delightful game of cat and mouse

The writing style is easy to read and the plot COMPLETELY unpredictable!!

It was a marvelous escape from reality

Succinct and yet rich in the details that create historical immersion and scenes I found easy to imagine being a part.

I am always amazed at how much story can get packed into these “Adelaide Becket” Novellas

Tension and intrigue kept me gripped in the story, and swept along for the adventure

As always, exceedingly well written right through to the shocking ending.

This is a really riveting series that has been a joy to follow.

Great characters and a taut storyline pull you into this exciting tale and don't let you go until you've finished the last word.

It’s engaging from the beginning, the attention to the details is impressive

Definitely a historical espionage novelette series to read.
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Tracy Cooper-Posey is a #1 Best Selling Author. She writes historical fiction and romantic thrillers. She has published over 100 novels since 1999, been nominated for five CAPAs including Favourite Author, and won the Emma Darcy Award.

She turned to indie publishing in 2011. Her indie titles have been nominated four times for Book Of The Year. Tracy won the award in 2012, and a SFR Galaxy Award in 2016 for “Most Intriguing Philosophical/Social Science Questions in Galaxybuilding” She has been a national magazine editor and for a decade she taught genre fiction writing at MacEwan University.

She is addicted to Irish Breakfast tea and chocolate, sometimes taken together. In her spare time she enjoys history, Sherlock Holmes, science fiction and ignoring her treadmill. An Australian Canadian, she lives in Edmonton, Canada with her husband, a former professional wrestler, where she moved in 1996 after meeting him on-line.