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The Reluctant Assassin by Fiona Buckley

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THE RELUCTANT ASSASSIN
By: Fiona Buckley

When Ursula?s young son is kidnapped, she is lured into an impossible dilemma

Ursula Blanchard #16
Shadow Line Press
June 2018
On Sale: June 1, 2018
Featuring: Sir Francis Walsingham; Mistress Ursula Blanchard; Queen Elizabeth Tudor
216 pages
ISBN: 1780291035
EAN: 9781780291031
Kindle: B07C7GZVYT
Hardcover / e-Book
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Mystery Historical

March, 1581. Queen Elizabeth is once again being urged to consider marriage to the Duke of Alençon, a French Catholic twenty years her junior. The prospect of the match is causing unrest throughout the kingdom. Ursula Blanchard however has more immediate matters to worry about when her 9-year-old son is snatched away while out riding. If she is ever to see him again, Ursula must undertake an impossibly difficult and dangerous mission – and commit an act of high treason. Can she rely on her half-sister, Queen Elizabeth, for help?

Ursula Blanchard

Queen's Ransom:
QUEEN'S RANSOM:
#3.0 β€’ May 2008
To Ruin a Queen
TO RUIN A QUEEN
#4.0 β€’ November 2008
A Perilous Alliance
A PERILOUS ALLIANCE
#13.0 β€’ October 2015
The Heretic's Creed
THE HERETIC'S CREED
#14.0 β€’ January 2017
A Deadly Betrothal
A DEADLY BETROTHAL
#15.0 β€’ August 2017
The Reluctant Assassin
THE RELUCTANT ASSASSIN
#16.0 β€’ June 2018
A Web of Silk
A WEB OF SILK
#17.0 β€’ June 2019
Forest of Secrets
FOREST OF SECRETS
#19.0 β€’ June 2021
Shadow of Spain
SHADOW OF SPAIN
#20.0 β€’ December 2021
Golden Cargoes
GOLDEN CARGOES
#21.0 β€’ August 2022
The Net of Steel
THE NET OF STEEL
#22.0 β€’ May 2023
To Seize a Queen
TO SEIZE A QUEEN
#23.0 β€’ May 2024