Donna Russo Morin, Author . Kensington $14 (369p) ISBN 978-0-7582-2691-4
Kicked out of the convent at seventeen, Jeanne Du Bois, the heroine of Morin's uneven historical, returns to Louis XIV's court only to rebel against her father's plans to marry her off to a fop. With training and a false moustache...
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Donna Russo Morin, Author . Kensington $15 (408p) ISBN 978-0-7582-2692-1
The latest inspiring historical romance from Morin (The Courtier’s Secret
) celebrates the eternal charms of Venice, Murano glass, and Galileo, with the story of a courageous 17th-century woman glassmaker forced to work in secret (like other...
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Donna Russo Morin, Kensington, $15 trade paper (415p) ISBN 978-0-7582-4681-3
Genevieve Gravois was raised to be the perfect 16th-century spy and assassin—motivated by Henry VIII to kill the French king, François I, as revenge for the death of her parents. She infiltrates François's court, but once there, her clear ideas of...
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Donna Russo Morin. Kensington, $15 trade paper (438p) ISBN 978-0-7582-4682-0
In return for acquiring—stealing if he must—great works of art for French King François I, the king’s royal art dealer, Battista della Palla, enjoys the king’s support, and the city of Florence enjoys his protection. When the king goes to war with...
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Donna Russo Morin. Diversion, $14.99 trade paper (260p) ISBN 978-1-63576-378-2
Set in Renaissance Florence, Morin’s so-so concluding volume in her Da Vinci’s Disciples trilogy (after 2017’s The Competition) pits an ever-expanding group of admirable (if sometimes difficult to distinguish) women artists against real-life...
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Donna Russo Morin. Diversion, $14.99 trade paper (298p) ISBN 978-1-68230-060-2
Morin (The Secret in the Glass) makes the most of her original premise in this promising series debut set in Renaissance Florence. The plot hits the ground running as patron of the arts Giuliano de’ Medici, who’s the co-ruler of Florence with his...
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