Ballantine
March 2005
Featuring: Justice Deauville, Compte de Renard; Ariane Cheney, Lady of Faire Isle
544 pages ISBN: 0345437969 Trade Size Add to Wish List
From Brittanyβs misty shores to the decadent splendor of Parisβs royal court, one woman must fulfill her destinyβ while facing the treacherous designs of Catherine de Medici, the dark queen.
She is Ariane, the Lady of Faire Isle, one of the Cheney sisters, renowned for their mystical skills and for keeping the isle secure and prosperous. But this is a time when women of ability are deemed sorceresses, when Renaissance France is torn by ruthless political intrigues, and all are held in thrall to the sinister ambitions of Queen Catherine de Medici. Then a wounded stranger arrives on Faire Isle, bearing a secret the Dark Queen will do everything in her power to possess. The only person Ariane can turn to is the comte de Renard, a nobleman with fiery determination and a past as mysterious as his own unusual gifts.
Riveting, vibrant, and breathtaking, The Dark Queen follows Ariane and Renard as they risk everything to prevent the fulfillment of a dreadful prophecyβeven if they must tempt fate and their own passions.
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