The Winter Queen
Sent to serve as lady-in-waiting to the queen in the hopes that she will forget Richard Sutton (the man she believes is the love of her life), Lady Rosamund Ramsay quickly finds herself caught up in the glittering world of Elizabeth’s court. Trying to hold onto her memories of Richard proves especially difficult once Rosamund discovers that Anton Gustavson—the very same dark, sexy man whose path momentarily crossed hers while she was en route to London, is also at court. When Rosamund wagers she can teach Anton to dance before he can teach her to skate, the two find themselves spending even more time together, but their newfound love may not survive a treacherous plot against the queen. McCabe deftly distills intrigue and passion into a fascinating story, and her richly detailed historical setting and neatly nuanced characters give this Elizabethan romance its vibrant sense of time and place. --John Charles