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A whirlwind tale of international intrigue and passion set in the last days of the Shah of Iran's reign. In 1978, daredevil film director Kathryn Whitney comes to Iran to shoot a package of TV commercials at the ruins of Persepolis. She leaves Hollywood behind and arrives in a country exploding with revolution. While visiting the Bank of Tehran, Kathryn is drawn to a display case housing the Persian Glories--a private jewelry collection of priceless canary diamonds with a powerful legacy owned by Sir Anthony Evans. Kathryn has no idea how these legendary jewels will endanger her life. In Shiraz, Kathryn meets Sir Anthony, a world-renowned photographer and the type of world-class playboy she can't stand. Half Persian, half British, Anthony is torn between his birth country and his family heritage. Kathryn realizes Anthony is not what he seems and a powerful attraction overtakes them. She decides to join Anthony on a dangerous undercover assignment against the Black Glove. This organization, a covert splinter group of SAVAK, Iran's secret police, endangers her film shoot, her livelihood, and her life. Kathryn and Anthony fight to survive the long arm of their enemy as the Persian Glories, coveted to the point of obsession by Anthony's ruthless Aunt Rena and the Black Glove terrorists, set off a tide of treachery, murder, and betrayal.

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The characters are all flesh and blood, fully drawn and well-explored...The setting of Iran so exquisitely explored...The tiniest details, are so seamlessly woven into the novel that the action never slows. The blending of the romance, historical fiction, and thriller genres makes this book a winner on many levels. -- New York Journal of Books Smartly penned by Susan Wakeford Angard and riddled with surprising characters and angular twists and turns, On Wings of a Lion is both an enticing narrative and a packed introduction to colliding worlds. -- IndieReader (4-star review) On Wings of a Lion unfolds amid heart-pumping action in revolutionary Iran...Apt headlines, decor, and fashions capture the era, and the result is a vibrant story that conveys the nation's volatility and the challenges of choosing among unsavory options in times of crisis....An exciting historical romance. -- Foreword

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Susan Wakeford Angard was in Iran producing a TV commercial package for Boeing Aircraft in September 1978 and was an eyewitness to the first harrowing days of Khomeini's Revolutionary Guard's bloody takeover. Her vivid memories compelled her to write her first series of novels, The Persian Glories Saga trilogy. Susan has previously written for an episodic CBS network TV series, Hawaii Five O, and attended the UCLA Writers' Program. Gabrielle de Cuir is a Grammy-nominated and Audie Award-winning producer whose narration credits include the voice of Valentine in Orson Scott Card's Ender novels, Ursula K. Le Guin's The Tombs of Atuan, and Natalie Angier's Woman, for which she was awarded AudioFile magazine's Golden Earphones Award. She lives in Los Angeles where she also directs theatre and presently has several projects in various stages of development for film. Stefan Rudnicki is an award winning audiobook narrator, director and producer. He was born in Poland and now resides in Studio City, California. He has narrated more than three hundred audiobooks and has participated in over a thousand as a writer, producer, or director. He is a recipient of multiple Audie Awards and AudioFile Earphones Awards as well as a Grammy Award, a Bram Stoker Award, and a Ray Bradbury Award. He received AudioFile's award for 2008 Best Voice in Science Fiction and Fantasy. Along with a cast of other narrators, Rudnicki has read a number of Orson Scott Card's best-selling science fiction novels. He worked extensively with many other science fiction authors, including David Weber and Ben Bova. In reviewing the twentieth anniversary edition audiobook of Card's Ender's Game, Publishers Weekly stated, Rudnicki, with his lulling, sonorous voice, does a fine job articulating Ender's inner struggle between the kind, peaceful boy he wants to be and the savage, violent actions he is frequently forced to take. Rudnicki is also a stage actor and director.

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