In his most dangerous mission yet, Richard Cordwell, the handsome Scotland Yard detective, discovers another royal conspiracy! While the manhunt for the assassin of Abraham Lincoln absorbs a nation, a new president begins to wield the power of Reconstruction, as a dream of freedom arises above the devastation of a defeated Confederacy. Based on a true story, this exciting adventure is set among the capitals of Europe and Washington City, Scotland’s famous castles and the American South in the aftermath of the Civil War. Enjoy the next volume in the powerful Kopp Chronicles epic series.

Targeted Age Group:: Adult

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
Researching my family history and places.

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
I discovered interesting historical characters during my research.

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Chapter One
July 8, 1863, Paris, France
A black carriage pulled up to the rear of La Maison Dorée restaurant on the Rue Laffite. A valet came out and opened the carriage door. The valet bowed as the Emperor of France Napoleon III and his aide stepped out of the carriage.
“Imperial Majesty; your guests are waiting,” the valet beamed.
La Maison Dorée is one of the most acclaimed restaurants in Paris. Inside the restaurant were two sections, one for ordinary French men and women, and a section made of cabinets or private rooms for royalty and the wealthy citizens of Paris. As the Emperor arrived, across the street at the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique, the opera “Lalla-Roukh” had finished and the audience came milling out of the theater. Most of them went directly into the front entrance of the restaurant unaware the French Emperor was being escorted inside through the back door. Being opposite the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique increased La Maison Dorée’s popularity with the middle class of Paris.
The French Emperor turned toward his companion and asked, “Is he here?”
General Roguet nodded his head, “Yes. I sent for him myself, Your Imperial Majesty.”
“And Madame DuVernay?”
General Roguet smiled and nodded his head, “Yes.”
Emperor Napoleon III grunted in satisfaction, “We’ll conclude this business tonight!”
General Roguet turned toward the carriage driver, “Wait here, we should not be long.” The driver saluted the Emperor's aide and drove the black carriage around the corner of the building to wait for his party to return.
The French Emperor and General Roguet had left the Tuileries Palace twenty minutes earlier under the cover of darkness. The black
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curtain covering the windows of the carriage was closed, and no one had noticed the Emperor of France as he traveled over the Boulevard des Italiens. Roguet requested only one soldier from the palace go with the Emperor to be more discreet.
La Maison Dorée’s Maître d' escorted Emperor Napoleon III into Cabinet #6 reserved exclusively for the palace. Within the cabinet, two men were smoking cigars and drinking champagne. They turned toward the French Emperor as he arrived and bowed to him. One of the men was a tall dark-haired Scotsman, the Duke of Hamilton. His wife, the Duchess of Hamilton was a cousin to the Emperor and an intimate friend of Empress Eugénie.
A server brought the Emperor a champagne flute glass filled with the finest French champagne which he gulped down as he strode across the room. Besides the men, two Parisian courtesans were standing in the rear of the room alongside the mysterious Madame DuVernay. She wore a black gown, had long dark hair, and was smoking a cigarette in a silver holder. She nodded at General Roguet when he entered the room.
The Emperor addressed the Duke after noticing the courtesans. “I trust you are enjoying Paris hospitality,” he smirked.
The Duke of Hamilton nodded, “Yes, Your Imperial Majesty. Would you care for a Cuban cigar? I purchased them from a Confederate Privateer.” He smiled as he handed the Emperor a fat cigar.
General Roguet rushed to the Emperor’s side to light it. A server addressed the Emperor, “Would His Imperial Majesty like dinner now or later?” General Roguet silenced the server with an icy stare for his impertinence. But Emperor Napoleon III ignored the server, took a puff on his cigar and spied the felt-covered card table in the center of the room.
“Ah, I see you are prepared,” he said to the Duke of Hamilton, who laughed when he turned towards the card table.
“Are you ready for a rematch of whist?” the Duke of Hamilton slyly asked the Emperor. Meanwhile, the man standing next to the Duke
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coughed slightly. “I am sorry, Your Excellency, forgive me. This is my associate Mr. Howard from London.” The man bowed to the Emperor who barely acknowledged him. But General Roguet noticed a revolver bulging out of the inside pocket of Mr. Howard’s jacket.
General Roguet scribbled a note on a small slip of paper, folded it, and handed it to a waiter, “Give this to my man outside!” he ordered under his breath. The waiter hurried out with the note. The note contained a request to his driver to verify the identity of the Duke of Hamilton’s associate with French Intelligence.
General Roguet held a chair for the Emperor as he sat down at the card table. The Duke of Hamilton gestured for a Parisian courtesan to bring him a new deck of cards. He inspected it and placed it down on the table in front of him before he took his seat.
The Duke’s associate took a seat across from him while General Roguet sat down directly across from the Emperor. Madame DuVernay pulled up a small upholstered chair. The Emperor smiled as Madame DuVernay caressed his back as a waiter placed a large plate heaped full of delicacies, meats, and pastries next to him. Meanwhile, the Paris courtesans sat behind the Duke and Mr. Howard wearing the latest fragrance in French perfumes by Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain.
Emperor Napoleon III took a large drink of champagne and motioned to the server to refill his glass. The Duke of Hamilton lit another cigar and took several puffs before he began shuffling the deck of cards. “The same wagers as last time, Your Imperial Majesty?” he asked.
The Emperor nodded and began eating the food in front of him. He wiped his greasy fingers on his sleeves as he ate, ignoring the La Maison Dorée cloth napkin. When he finished, the waiter quickly replaced the Emperor’s plate with a new serving of meats and delicacies.
The Duke of Hamilton passed out cards to each player as General Roguet kept a close eye on him. The French Emperor picked up his cards and nodded at General Roguet who placed a 100,000-franc
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wager in the center of the table. The Duke of Hamilton looked at the cards in his hand, winked at his associate, and placed an equivalent wager on the table towards the Emperor. He had decisively beaten the Emperor in their previous whist game and could tell the Emperor was bluffing. Play proceeded as each man placed their cards on the table. The Duke and his partner began winning most of the card tricks which caused the Emperor to stop his eating and scrutinize the cards in his hand more closely. On the last play of the game, the Duke played his winning card.
“Game over, Your Imperial Majesty!” he laughed as he picked up the last trick. He took a large puff on his cigar, “We win.”

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Gregory Kopp is an Amazon 5-Star Author, Graduate of Northwestern University and a Principal Consultant for Kopp Company, a privately held firm specializing in Human Capital, Enterprise Performance and Media & Entertainment Consulting. Gregory is also a Talent Ambassador for The Walt Disney Company.

The Kopp Chronicles series novels have been nominated for Reader's Choice Awards in 2018, 2019 & 2020, Goodreads Choice Awards 2020 and numerous "Cover of the Month" & "Book of the Day" Honors.

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It is the 18th century. Emmeline’s mother dies after leaving her a clue about her possible future based on her biracial heritage. Emmeline abandons the wealthy estate in North Carolina. She stows away on a cargo brig set for England. A seaman, William escorts her to the shantytown of 18th century Liverpool. A rebellious aristocrat ventures to the unsavory neighborhood. He attempts to befriend her. She initially refuses. Emmeline seeks assistance from a benevolent society. After initial reluctance, Emmeline courts the marquis who eventually announces their engagement. His mother plots with Lady Edna to be rid of Emmeline. Emmeline still attempts to reveal the secret of her heritage while the marquis still seeks her hand in marriage. Duke John Harrison gives oath to protect and secure her. Someone close to him is trying to her his soon to be wife. The duke himself realizes that there is someone else protecting him and his fiance from the perpetrators, a surprise ally as well as a shocking revelation.

Targeted Age Group:: 14+

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
Love Captured is one of the first books I have ever written. I was inspired by the concept of freedom and what I had previously known about its widely accepted notions of it as memorialized in early British case law. Romance, learning through challenges and learning where one's heart belongs are some themes that undergird several of my books. It is fascinating how most people may not step onto the path destined for them to ascertain their own manifestation of these concepts within their own lives. This is where envy plays an important role, where others seek to take the gift of mutual affection between two destined hearts and what they worked tirelessly to achieve together, this a likely result of their own lack of proper fortitude, selfishness and being of a wicked nature.

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
Emmeline's background helped me formed who she was as an individual. It is akin as to what some assert for most of nature vs. nurture and what events and sort of environment people have been exposed to that contribute to who they will become as adults. Since Love Captured is set in the 18th century colonies during slavery, it was natural for me to include her multi-racial heritage. Her name was probably more difficult than how I would identify her reactions to others and her conflict which demonstrates aspects of her personality. She was shrouded in secrecy and this is how she initially interacts with everyone or her voyage and arrival in Liverpool. It is not until she meets Duke John Harrison, a rebellious courtier, that she begins to show more of who she is. This is due in part as her future and life depends upon it. In due time she realizes that both belong with him. John searches for something as well. He breaches protocol and the form of what is typical of a gentleman of his stature. However, his behaviour is not for ostentatious display. The duke yearns to define himself and in this journey, I learn to draw the lines and contours of his own path which give him the form of the man who sits before Emmeline.

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Emmeline was a determined and precarious young lady who possessed the wits of a merchant and the soul of a free-spirited butterfly. It was in the deep hollows of the night in the swampy outskirts of southern North Carolina that she concealed herself behind old burlap sacks of wheat, barley, and cotton aligned like a garrison for storage during the off-season. She was patient for years waiting for that moment, the one moment where she could summon the strength to leave the creature comforts of the mansion. Emmeline bided her time until she saw nearly all the candles blown out by all on the estate. She shivered and became discontent with her own hesitation to escape from the misery of plantation living she witnessed most of her life. The people of the manor tried to shelter her, so much so it was nearly impossible for her to leave the mansion. She always had to be escorted onto the grounds and watched over. They never allowed her to go beyond the confines of the estate, even as an adolescent. How she maneuvered herself from the manor and onto the grounds during this eerily dark and starry night was a secret she swore no one else could know. Emmeline slowly walked from behind the stacks and with fingerless cotton gloves, pressed her right ear towards the shack's cool dampened wall. There was no sound, not even crickets chirping their mating calls. Servants had retired for the evening and slaves were incredulously exhausted from a day's labour that no ordinary human could withstand. She adjusted her position where both knees met the dusty floor and leaned as close as she could and peered through the crack of the wallboards. She was alone; there was no one in the abandoned shack to comfort her. Darkness, silence, and a few lightning bugs, but she knew that even they could not be the lit path for what she needed to accomplish. She crawled towards the squeaky door and as she kept it ajar she lowered herself to the ground in the hopes that if someone hears they would think it was only the howling wind that crept through the night air.
Emmeline walked with her back bent and removed her shoes and placed them in a small sac she kept in a crossbody satchel and hurriedly trampled over the dead leaves, rocks, and soft soil. It would be a long walk for her, but she traveled it often in the company of the lady of the estate. As she grew older, Emmeline began to feel like an accessory to the manor rather than a member of the family. This lone late-night trek along the same path was of her own conjuring and she hoped that it would be her solemn last.

Author Bio:
Patricia M. Muhammad is an American fiction author of crossover contemporary romance/science fiction, science fiction/fantasy, mystery and historical romance genres. She has currently written 20 novels. She is currently working on her next book manuscript. Before penning fiction, Patricia emerged as an international legal history scholar and academic author, focusing on human rights, international law and restorative justice. She has currently written and published a combination of 23 research papers and academic book reviews in these subject areas. Her work has appeared in the American University International Law Review, Columbia Journal of Race and Law, the Willamette Journal of International Law and Public Policy as well as the New York History Journal. Her non-fiction writing has been cited dozens of times in various respectable academic journals.

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