Kate Haywood is back...
It's 1559. Elizabeth has been on the throne for six months, and life in England seems newly golden. But for the Royal Court, murder and betrayal are foretold in the stars....
Kate Haywood is back…
It’s 1559. Elizabeth has been on the throne for six months, and life in England seems newly golden. But for the Royal Court, murder and betrayal are foretold in the stars….
Kate Haywood, the young queen’s personal musician, has been keeping busy playing for a merry round of summer parties where famed astrologer Dr. John Dee and his fantastic horoscopes are all the rage. However, Elizabeth’s favorite stargazer fails to predict the discovery of a skeleton in the queen’s garden—and that the victim’s identity will call his own innocence into question.
When the doctor’s pupil is the victim of a second murder, the concerned queen enlists her trusted Kate to clear the accused killer of wrongdoing. But will the stars align to light Kate’s path through a tangled thicket of treachery to save Elizabeth’s prized astrologer and protect the queen from those who threaten her reign?
A PASSIONATE, FLAMBOYANT DUCHESS AND A CRUEL TWIST OF FATE…
Jane Maxwell, the Fourth Duchess of Gordon, was one of the most influential women of her time—a patroness of poet Robert Burns, advisor to King George III and friend to Queen Charlotte, the mastermind behind her husband’s political success, and a rival of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.
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A must read for fans of Game of Thrones and the Last Kingdom
Rianne: The only family I have ever known was brutally murdered when I was a child. I live by my wits, my skill with the stones that most times puts sufficient coin in my pocket, and my skill with both the blade and the bow. I am a survivor. I trust no one, especially the warrior who claims to have been sent by my blood family to find me. I am told they gave me up to keep me safe? I have no use for them.
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Madelyne de Belgrume has lived in secrecy in a hidden abbey for years. Her mad, abusive father, Fantin, believes she is dead.
Lord Gavin Mal Verne wants nothing more than to seek revenge on Fantin de Belgrume ... and he has the king's blessing to bring the man to heel.
After a battle with Fantin that leaves Gavin nearly dead, he accidentally comes upon a hidden abbey ... and the beautiful, serene nun who helps to heal him, touching his heart in more ways than one.
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