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Hostage Queen    by Freda Lightfoot
Price: $5.99 USD. 98320 words. Published on October 26, 2010. .

Marguerite de Valois, the most beautiful woman in the French Court, is the subject of great scandal and intrigue. She is married to the Huguenot Henry of Navarre as her mother Catherine de Medici aims to bring peace to France. But within days of the wedding Paris is awash with blood. In a court rife with murder, political intrigue, debauchery and the hunger for power, can she hope to survive?
Reluctant Queen    by Freda Lightfoot
Price: $5.99 USD. 96380 words. Published on March 11, 2011. .

The story of Gabrielle d’Estrées is one of love, betrayal, intrigue and tragedy. She wanted to marry for love, the respectability of a happy marriage. But in the court of sixteenth century France this was almost impossible to achieve. Is the love of a king enough to secure Gabrielle the happiness and respectability she craves, and a crown for her son as the next dauphin of France?