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  Poisoner Mysteries: Book 2

  The Borgia Betrayal

  by Sara Poole

  Before the Tudors, there were the Borgias. More passionate. More dangerous. More deadly. From the author of Poison, called “stunning”* and “a fascinating page-turner,”+ comes a new historical thriller, featuring the same intriguing and beautiful heroine: Borgia court poisoner, Francesca Giordano.       In the summer of 1493, Rodrigo Borgia, Alexander VI, has been pope for almost a year. Having played a crucial... (more)
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  The Matchmaker of Perigord

  by Julia Stuart

  Barber Guillaume Ladoucette has always enjoyed great success in his tiny village in southwestern France, catering to the tonsorial needs of Amour-sur-Belle's thirty-three inhabitants. But times have changed. His customers have grown older—and balder. Suddenly there is no longer a call for Guillaume's particular services, and he is forced to make a drastic career change. Since love and companionship are necessary... (more)
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  Poisoner Mysteries: Book 1

  Poison

  A Novel of the Renaissance

  by Sara Poole

  In the simmering hot summer of 1492, a monstrous evil is stirring within the Eternal City of Rome. The brutal murder of an alchemist sets off a desperate race to uncover the plot that threatens to extinguish the light of the Renaissance and plunge Europe back into medieval darkness. Determined to avenge the killing of her father, Francesca Giordano defies all convention to claim for herself the position of... (more)