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"We read five words
on the first page of a
really good novel and
we begin to forget that
we are reading
printed words on
on a page; we begin
to see images."
-John Gardner
The Courtier's Secret
"The Written Word is my Vocation and my Passion."
Available January 27, 2009
Available for preorder at: Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Borders
For many privileged young women, Versailles is a paradise. For others, it is a gilded and bejeweled cage of oppression. Jeanne Yvette Mas du Bois is unlike most courtiers and the flavor of decadence tastes bitter upon her tongue. When Jeanne saves a Musketeer's life, she is mistaken for a man and admitted to an inner circle where she learns of an assassination plot against the Queen--and falls in love with a man she can never have. Now, with the Queen in jeopardy, and her own double life making her privy to the tangled intrigues at court, Jeanne is in a powerful yet increasingly perilous position. Jeanne fights against an arranged marriage to a weak, ineffectual, effeminate man of her father's choosing; she fights against a small, dedicated group of Musketeers to save the life of the Queen of France; and she fights for the true love of her life.
The story behind the story
As a teenager, Donna watched with avid fascination the 1973 version of The Three Musketeers starring Michael York as D'Artagnan and Rachel Welch as Constance. She began to read all of Dumas' Musketeers books and fantasized about being a part of the stories, but with a twist. She wanted to look like Constance, but she wanted to be D'Artagnan (Constance wore the beautiful clothes, kissed the beautiful men; D'Artagnan got to live all the adventures). Growing up during times when women often questioned the role of women, Donna wondered how women of the past dealt with the same frustrations and she remembered her version of the Musketeer adventures...the idea for THE COURTIER'S SECRET was born.
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