Only her desire to crush the Crown's enemies could induce Lady Lucy Stanford to endure another Season. For years she has worked secretly for the Home Office, and she has come to London with one purpose: foil the attempted kidnapping of a highly valuable target, identity unknown. Inconveniently, Lord
Lady of secrets: a novel
β Scribed by Susan Carroll
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group;Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 222 KB
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
This brilliant new installment in bestselling author Susan Carroll's mesmerizing Dark Queen historical fiction series is perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory.
Queen Catherine de Medici is dead, and for Meg Wolfeβsuccessor in a line of legendary healers and mystics known as "daughters of the earth"βit is a time of new beginnings. She strives to be ordinary, invisible in the mists of Faire Isle, and is determined to put the terrifying days of a wicked mother and turbulent childhood behind her. But soon a summons from King James will rekindle a menacing power from the past, bringing haunting visions of a nightmare already unfoldingβand a shattering mystery steeped in magic that will determine a destiny from which she cannot hide.
Meg's task: Save the king from the most insidious form of treachery, invisible to those who do not possess Meg's extraordinary gifts. But as Meg discovers, there are more sinister motivations at play in the king's...
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