The Return of the Gypsy Author:Philippa Carr From the glitter of the Regency to the starkness of the Napoleonic wars; from young love to old and fatal secrets, The Return of the Gypsy is set in the turbulent splendor of England during the 19th century. Traveling among the Gypsies, living the life of the road, the darkly mysterious Romany Jake is intriguing and irresitible to high-born ladi... more »es and peasant girls alike. But Jessica Fenshaw would grow to womanhood with only a memory of the passionate feelings he had aroused in her. Then came the murder and scandal, the trial and, ultimately, Jake's return...after Napoleon fell and England was safe again. Jessica would finally discover who Romany Jake really was-not a Gypsy, not a criminal, but a man of principle who had struggled through the years until he could return to claim what was rightfully his.« less