Tricolour = The Captain's Woman

the long version

A novel of flaming desire in a time of daring and danger... rousing pasion and adventure. His name was Nicholas Minnett. His wealth knew no limits, his daring no boundaries, his desires no taboos. Now he was threading his way through a maze of intrigue that stretched from the topmost level of English aristocracy to the turmoil of war-torn Paris, blazing a trail of conquests that led from the skilled sensuality of London's reigning beauty to the elemental hunger of the most wanton daughter of the revolution. Nicholas Minnett plunged into the darkest depths of danger in a world turned upside down by treachery and revenge as he desperately tried to reach and save the captivating, tantalizing, mysterious creature who alone enslaved his will and possessed his heart....