The Courtesan: A Novel

Author - Susan Carroll ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Paperback Book item from Ballantine Books was reviewed on 23-Oct-2008.

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1) Paperback Book The Courtesan: A Novel by Ballantine Books. I read the first book..."The Dark Queen" and then read the "Courtesan" immediately after. It´s a great story line and the characters are beautifully portrayed. I´ve read all of the books in this series (as well as the St. Leger series) and was left craving for more. Susan Carroll is a wonderful writer and amazing story teller...I am eagerly anticipating her next book!!!¤

2) Paperback Book The Courtesan: A Novel by Ballantine Books. I got this book by mistake, meaning to get another book by the same title. I decided to give it a try anyway and I am sure glad I did! This was my first Susan Carroll book and I loved it so much I immediately went out and got the other three books in the series and after devouring them I hope she writes more! I love all of the characters in these books but Gabrielle is my favorite Cheney sister and thus this is my favorite book of the series.

Gabrielle´s relationship with Captain Remy is so achingly romantic and I have been haunted by the characters ever since I read the books. This book is full of exciting action and I could not put it down. I am going to re-read all of the books when I go to the beach next month!¤

3) Paperback Book The Courtesan: A Novel by Ballantine Books. I enjoyed the first book and was looking forward to reading the second in the series.

Until I started reading the reviews and found folks discussing that "the devoted warrior" from the prior book had ... miraculously not died!

Looking back I can see that, stupidly, the book´s own descriptor mentions this, but in such a way that you might not quite get it.

And the download description, Chapter One, infers that the heroine might be seeing a ghost or apparition.

But the folks who read and reviewed the book didn´t leave anything to the future reader´s imagination.

Thank you, oh so much, for the spoiler. ::rolls eyes to the heavens::

Now can you tell me ... is Elvis alive, and who killed JFK?¤

4) Paperback Book The Courtesan: A Novel by Ballantine Books. After reading the first book in the trilogy and loving it, I eagerly started this one. It was so bad I read about 1/3 and haven´t picked it up again.¤

5) Paperback Book The Courtesan: A Novel by Ballantine Books. Three years have passed since we last met the ladies of the Faire Isle. Gabrielle Cheney´s fled to Paris, at last reacting to her feelings about her horrific rape, but sadly in the worst possible way - she´s become a courtesan in the court of the Dark Queen, Catherine de Medici. If she can´t control men lusting after her beauty, at least she can `use´ them herself. No man has her love like Captain Remy - nicknamed the Scourge - and he died in the bloody massacre on St. Bartholomew´s Eve three years ago. ...Or did he? To her stunned surprise he´s very much alive, and still the battered soldier of her heart. Ah, but romance isn´t that easy. Remy`s incredibly torn. He loves and adores Gabrielle, but is desperate that his king - a captive in Catherine´s court - escape and rule Navarre. However, the king wants Gabrielle (and his country, of course, but everything in due time), and Remy - an honourable soldier - must bow to his king´s desires! The powerful, dangerous Catherine de Medici craves the fabled Book Of Shadows, a book rumoured to contain the blackest secrets of magic known to mankind. She´ll do anything to get it, and to maintain her foul, evil reign, and her hold over Gabrielle and Remy. Then there´s Simon, the youthful witch hunter from The Dark Queen. He´s now adult, a scarred, terrifying threat to all the daughters of the earth, hunting them down for trial (and death). ...Well! It´s best to just dive into this book, stunning in its romance, and enriched with the tapestry of real history woven around the incredible plot.¤

6) Paperback Book The Courtesan: A Novel by Ballantine Books. Skilled in passion, artful in deception, and driven by betrayal, she is the glittering center of the royal court–but the most desired woman of Renaissance France will draw the wrath of a dangerous adversary.

Paris, 1575. The consort of some of Europe’s most influential men, Gabrielle Cheney is determined to secure her future by winning the heart of Henry, the Huguenot king of Navarre. As his mistress, Gabrielle hopes she might one day become the power behind the French throne. But her plans are jeopardized by Captain Nicolas Rémy, a devoted warrior whose love Gabrielle desires–and fears–above all. She will also incur the malevolence of the Dark Queen, Catherine de’ Medici, whose spies and witch-hunters are legion, and who will summon the black arts to maintain her authority. With the lives of those she loves in peril, Gabrielle must rebel against her queen to fulfill a glorious destiny she has sacrificed everything to gain.

Alive with vivid period detail and characters as vibrant as they are memorable, The Courtesan is a sweeping historical tale of dangerous intrigues, deep treachery, and one woman’s unshakable resolve to honor her heart.¤

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