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#### "Jack escapes death more often than James Bond... An exciting romp!" — Sunday Telegraph (UK) Blooded on the battlefields of Canada, fresh from a winter spent in a voluptuous widow's bed, the dashing **Jack Absolute **has every reason to feel good. And life only gets better when the ship returning him to England captures a rich prize.**** But gold is not all the enemy ship holds. Fever nearly kills Jack, his life barely saved by a new comrade, **Red Hugh McClune**. Their resulting friendship takes him to Bath to recover-and into a passionate romance with McClune's beautiful cousin, **Laetitia**. **Yet neither cousin is who they seem, and tragedy soon strikes Jack. This time, he escapes with his life, but loses what he loves most-his honour.** The thrilling finale to C.C. Humphrey's historical adventure series,*Absolute Honour*sweeps readers into a world of **bravery, betrayal, passion, and glory at whatever cost. ** From daring espionage in **Rome** to the battlefields of **Spain** to a **climactic duel** against an unbeatable foe, Jack seeks to restore that honor with **consequences he could never foresee and a price to be paid in blood.** Join our swashbuckling scoundrel in this adventurous historical fiction set around the American Revolutionary War. **Fans of Simon Scarrow, Bernard Cornwell, Jeff Shaara and Diana Gabaldon will eagerly follow the adventures of Jack Absolute.** **The Jack Absolute Series:** The Blooding of Jack Absolute, Book #1 Jack Absolute, Book #2 Absolute Honor, Book #3 #### What readers are saying about *Absolute Honor*: "Another great **swashbuckling adventure**" **"**plenty of action and daring do.**... the 18TH CENTURY JAMES BOND.****"** **"**full of **adventure and intrigue**" "a good balance of historical fact and thrilling fiction with **WAR, RIVALRY AND ROMANCE** you will find it hard to put down." **"****RAPTUROUS story telling.****"** "the kind of **breakneck adventure** for which the term "rollicking" was coined" "**A MUST READ **for any historical buff, and to say the least extremely well written." #### What reviewers are saying about hero Jack Absolute: **"A RIP-ROARING ADVENTURE PACKED WITH ACTION, DRAMA, AND PASSION."**-Kate Mosse, author of *Labyrinth*** ** "**Jack in all his swashbuckling glory**...Humphrey's acting background brings drama to life in Jack's legendary tale."-*Booklist* "**A vigorously imagined, DASHINGLY DONE ESPIONAGE adventure**."-*Literary Review *(UK) **"**Jack proves once again to be a dynamic hero-**an HONORABLE SPY with a soft spot for love-and a bangup leading man for what is fast becoming a rousing, must-read series.****"** — Publishers Weekly "**An absolute delight!** Swashbuckling adventure, eighteenth-century wit, hugely entertaining plots, and **one of the most appealing military gentlemen ever to wear a sword**." —Diana Gabaldon, Author of *The Outlander* Read More