Susan Carroll: The Dark Queen
Erschienen: 2005 bei Random House, Inc./Ballantine Books
FAIRE ISLE SERIE (DARK QUEEN SERIE)
Die dunkle Königin (The Dark Queen)
Die Geliebte des Königs (The Courtesan)
Twilight of a Queen
From Brittany's misty shores to the decadent splendor of Paris's royal court, one woman must fulfill her destiny--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.