Jen Black
ASIN: B00OZME2DK
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 410
A daring attempt to abduct the infant Queen of Scots - full of adventure and intrigueMatho travels north knowing the executioner's scaffold awaits failure. Scotland is unstable, and heretic England fears invasion from Catholic Europe. The Dowager Queen of Scotland fears for her child's safety and becomes a subtle negotiator in a man’s world.Henry's niece Meg Douglas, a mix of charm, intelligence and treachery, gets in Matho's way. Lord Lennox wants to make the best marriage he can amidst changing allegiances and ambitious noble; he infuriates Meg and makes an enemy of Matho. That bull of a man, Archie Douglas, sixth Earl of Angus, is desperate for a son from his pregnant, teenage wife. Minor characters are beautifully portrayed in this romantic adventure. Best of all is Matho, shrewd, funny and naive, a bit of a Tudor chancer who meets the love of his life on his first important ...