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Also by Susan Carroll:

Beneath the Devil’s Mask, September 2025
e-Book
The Avenging Angel and the Spy, June 2025
e-Book
The Rebellious Lady and the Phantom Lord, May 2025
e-Book
Charmless, March 2024
e-Book
Disenchanted, January 2024
e-Book
The Lady Of Secrets, December 2012
Paperback / e-Book
Twilight Of A Queen, August 2009
Paperback
The Huntress, August 2007
Paperback
Midnight Bride, July 2006
Paperback (reprint)
Bride Finder, June 2006
Paperback (reprint)
The Silver Rose, March 2006
Trade Size
The Courtesan, July 2005
Trade Size
The Dark Queen, March 2005
Trade Size
Night Drifter, February 2000
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THE COURTESAN
By: Susan Carroll

Dark Queen trilogy
Ballantine
July 2005
Featuring: Gabrielle Cheney; Nicolas Remy
560 pages
ISBN: 0345437977
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Romance Historical

Skilled in passion, artful in deception, and driven by betrayal, she is the glittering center of the royal court– but the most desired woman of Renaissance France will draw the wrath of a dangerous adversary.

Paris, 1575. The consort of some of Europe’s most influential men, Gabrielle Cheney is determined to secure her future by winning the heart of Henry, the Huguenot king of Navarre. As his mistress, Gabrielle hopes she might one day become the power behind the French throne. But her plans are jeopardized by Captain Nicolas Rémy, a devoted warrior whose love Gabrielle desires–and fears–above all. She will also incur the malevolence of the Dark Queen, Catherine de’ Medici, whose spies and witch-hunters are legion, and who will summon the black arts to maintain her authority. With the lives of those she loves in peril, Gabrielle must rebel against her queen to fulfill a glorious destiny she has sacrificed everything to gain.

Alive with vivid period detail and characters as vibrant as they are memorable, The Courtesan is a sweeping historical tale of dangerous intrigues, deep treachery, and one woman’s unshakable resolve to honor her heart.