
Susanna, Lady Appleton, is ordered by Queen Elizabeth to assist Eleanor Madderly with an herbal she is preparing. The queen's emissary failed to mention that a man had been murdered at Madderly Castle-and that part of Susanna's mission is to solve that crime. Traitorous forgery, hidden identities, and secret passages all make her task the more dangerous.
"Wonderfully enhanced by herbal lore...There is always someone lurking behind an arras or scuttling along a secret passage." -- Publishers Weekly
"Lady Susanna Appleton...is a marvelous creation, as tart, tangy, and tough as her sixteenth-century milieu." -- Carolyn G. Hart
Kathy Lynn Emerson is the author of fourteen romance and romantic suspense novels (some historical, some contemporary, and two paranormal). She is currently writing the Face Down Mystery Series featuring Elizabethan gentlewoman Susanna, Lady Appleton, and a new series set in 1888 New York featuring journalist Diana Spaulding.
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