The Royal SecretFrom the No. 1 bestselling author of The Last Protector and The Ashes of London comes the next book in the phenomenally successful series following James Marwood and Cat Lovett during the time of King Charles II. Two young girls plot a murder by witchcraft. Soon afterwards a government clerk dies painfully in mysterious circumstances. His colleague James Marwood is asked to investigate but the task brings unexpected dangers. Meanwhile, architect Cat

revelations and romance

turn Edgar ever homeward

and the way people live and love

All Lonnie Cush wants is to keep his kids safe

As the boy's regal mother

Alone with his teenage son for three days in a blizzard

and resentment toward his father's roguish friend Edward Blake

Princess of Wales

leaving the book for the stranger

But violent death is no respecter of venue

complex scenes that fix in your memory' EVENING STANDARD

A second country would never forgive the discovery