The Devil S Queen

From Jeanne Kalogridis, the bestselling author of I, Mona Lisa and The Borgia Bride, comes a new novel that tells the passionate story of a queen who loved not wisely . . . but all too well. Confidante of Nostradamus, scheming mother-in-law to Mary, Queen of Scots, and architect of the bloody St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, Catherine de Medici is one of the most maligned monarchs in history. In her latest historical fiction, Jeanne Kalogridis tells Catherine's story—that of a tender young girl, destined to be a pawn in Machiavellian games. Born into one of Florence's most powerful families, Catherine was soon left a fabulously rich heiress by the early deaths of her parents. Violent conflict rent the city state and she found herself imprisoned and threatened by her family's enemies before finally being released and married off to the handsome Prince Henry of France. Overshadowed by her husband's mistress, the gorgeous, conniving Diane de Poitiers, and unable to bear children, Catherine resorted to the dark arts of sorcery to win Henry's love and enhance her fertility—for which she would pay a price. Against the lavish and decadent backdrop of the French court, and Catherine's blood-soaked visions of the future, Kalogridis reveals the great love and desire Catherine bore for her husband, Henry, and her stark determination to keep her sons on the throne.

You met them in the Inked Series, and now it’s their turn to have you on the edge of your seat. The Devil’s Soldiers MC are here to find the women that make them realize what they’re missing, and how amazing it is to have an Old Lady at their sides. Start off with the backbone of the club. Rose and Bullet met when the club was in turmoil, and experienced terrible tragedies. This is their story of rising up from those tragedies, raising three sons, and making the club into what it is now. This book is a prequel novella to the Devil’s Soldiers MC Series.

I was born to give the devil his due.When I woke up naked next to the hottest man I've ever met, I had no idea just how much my life was about to change. And I had no clue the man was the devil himself.Literally.I promised to be his for all eternity, and so far, it's going well. Luke will give me anything to keep me happy: jewels, food, days in bed, and more. I don't need material things to stay. I feel more for Luke than I've ever felt before. But am I ready to give him my heart?I'm meant to be his queen, but now that Luke has found me, I'm in danger from everyone who opposes him. This isn't my first lifetime, and the last time he tried to crown me it ended in blood.My blood.Angels will do whatever it takes to stop my coronation. Luke promises it won't happen again. He says he'll sacrifice anything to protect me - even his soul. All I have to do is trust him.Only The Devil can protect me from Heaven.

The thrilling fourth volume in the Eve of Redemption series!In the wake of a deadly attack, veteran demonhunter Karian Vanador faces a daunting task: sending her friends and family into danger without being at their side. With her pregnancy progressing, she must see to other tasks: she must uncover a spy within her own Order, expose servants of the demon kings living right in her home city, and match wits with enemies that she knows little, if anything, about. And in all of this, she must act as a general, putting the lives of her friends and family at risk to see to an end she can't accomplish herself.Erijinkor Tesconis also faces a daunting task: he must lead the Silver Blades and their allies without Kari's expertise and sword arm. Though a capable leader, he and his companions face an unknown danger, something only seen once before in the world. Adding to the pressures of his task are challenges he is ill-prepared for: allying with werewolves, taking up authority over nobility, and working to patch relationships among his own family.Both will face tests that push them to their limits, weighing the balance of love for their families against duty and a deep-seeded desire to protect an entire world. But can either of them stand against the legacy of the Devil Queen herself?

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE, 24 April 1708. A performance of Macbeth is under way when disaster strikes and the stage becomes a scene of elemental chaos – and for Widow Trotter and her friends at the Bay-Tree Chocolate House, a new adventure begins, involving murder, poison, fire, and a rogue elephant . . . Devoted fans of Chocolate House Treason will welcome this second novel in the Chocolate House Mysteries series, which captures all the energies of the early eighteenth-century theatre. We move among the eccentric characters of the Theatre Royal company, in Drury Lane and at the exuberant May Fair where the actors moonlight in the fairground booths. The puritanical reformers are determined to close the theatre and abolish the Fair, and ‘accidents’ begin to happen – but Mary Trotter and her friends at the Bay-Tree are determined to expose the conspiracy, and the action reaches its climax at the Fair when the players are faced with the ultimate act of terror. Once again, David Fairer offers the delights of the classic eighteenth-century novel, intricately weaving a murder mystery with authentic history, and bringing the London of Queen Anne to life.

Catherine de'Medici was one of France's most notorious and blood thirsty monarchs. She was also an unfortunate victim of circumstances, struggling to come to terms with the death of her own husband as well as the tragic death of her own parents at an early age. This novel follows in the footsteps of France's orphan queen.