Gallery Books
August 2011
On Sale: August 2, 2011
Featuring: Susanna Horenbout; John Parker
320 pages ISBN: 1439197083 EAN: 9781439197080 Paperback Add to Wish List
An unconventional woman. A deadly enemy. A clash of
intrigue, deception, and desire. . . .
1525: Artist Susanna Horenbout is sent from Belgium to be
Henry VIII’s personal illuminator inside the royal palace.
But her new homeland greets her with an attempt on her life,
and the King’s most lethal courtier, John Parker, is charged
with keeping her safe. As further attacks are made, Susanna
and Parker realize that she unknowingly carries the key to a
bloody plot against the throne. For while Richard de la Pole
amasses troops in France for a Yorkist invasion, a traitor
prepares to trample the kingdom from within.Who is the
mastermind? Why are men vying to kill the woman Parker
protects with his life? With a motley gang of urchins,
Susanna’s wits, and Parker’s fierce instincts, honed on the
streets and in palace chambers, the two slash through deadly
layers of deceit in a race against time. For in the court of
Henry VIII, secrets are the last to die. . . .Brilliantly
revealing a little-known historical figure who lived among
the Tudors, Michelle Diener makes a smashing historical
fiction debut.
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