title: The Courtesan: A Novel (The Dark Queen Saga)
author:  Susan Carroll 
description: 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. <br />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 Remy, 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. <br />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.
zlib_text: THE APOTHECARY
  
  _Silver Linings Mysteries Book 3_
  
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  _A Regency Romance_
  
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  by Mary Kingswood
  
    
  
  Published by Sutors Publishing
  
  Copyright © 2019 Mary Kingswood
  
  Cover design by: Shayne Rutherford of Darkmoon Graphics
  
  All rights reserved. This is a work of fiction.
  
  Author’s note:
  
  this book is written using historic British terminology, so _saloon_ instead
  of _salon_ , _chaperon_ instead of _chaperone_ and so on. I follow Jane
  Austen’s example and refer to a group of sisters as the Miss Wintertons.
  
    
  
  _**About this book:**_ _The sinking of the_ Brig Minerva _results in many
  deaths, while for others, the future is suddenly brighter. But it’s not always
  easy to leave the past behind…_
  
  _Annie Dresden is twenty-six years old, with no fortune, and nothing but a
  quick, practical mind to recommend her. Taken in by her apothecary uncle after
  her father’s death, she’s happy to be his assistant but there’s no future for
  her as an apothecary. The only proper career for a woman is as a 