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Susan Carroll


Susan Carroll is an award-winning romance author whose Dark Queen series books include The Huntress, The Silver Rose, The Courtesan, and The Dark Queen. She lives in Rock Island, Illinois.

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Twilight of a Queen
Written by Susan Carroll

Trade Paperback | 480 pages | Ballantine Books | Fiction; Fiction - Historical; Fiction - Romance - Historical
978-0-449-22109-9 (0-449-22109-1)

July 21, 2009 | $17.50

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Twilight of a Queen
Written by Susan Carroll

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780449221099
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As war and treachery loom, an ambitious man’s mission threatens to topple two dazzling realms and their formidable rulers: Catherine de Medici, the Dark Queen, and Ariane, the Lady of Faire Isle.

It is 1588, and as the Spanish Armada prepares to besiege England, Paris balances on the brink of revolution. To...

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Twilight of a Queen
Written by Susan Carroll

eBook | 512 pages | Ballantine Books | Fiction; Fiction - Historical; Fiction - Romance - Historical
978-0-345-51504-9 (0-345-51504-8)

July 21, 2009 | $15.00

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Twilight of a Queen
Written by Susan Carroll

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780345515049
Our Price: $15.00


As war and treachery loom, an ambitious man’s mission threatens to topple two dazzling realms and their formidable rulers: Catherine de Medici, the Dark Queen, and Ariane, the Lady of Faire Isle.

It is 1588, and as the Spanish Armada prepares to besiege England, Paris balances on the brink of revolution. To...

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The Huntress
Written by Susan Carroll

Trade Paperback | 512 pages | Ballantine Books | Fiction; Fiction - Historical; Fiction - Romance - Historical
978-0-345-49061-2 (0-345-49061-4)

July 31, 2007 | $17.95

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The Huntress
Written by Susan Carroll

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780345490612
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In a time of intrigue and betrayal, the huntress is on a quest that could jeopardize two empires and two great queens: Catherine de Medici and Elizabeth I.

The year is 1585–and prophecy has foretold the coming of a daughter of the Earth whose powers are so extraordinary they could usurp the...

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The Huntress
Written by Susan Carroll

eBook | pages | Ballantine Books | Fiction; Fiction - Historical; Fiction - Romance - Historical
978-0-345-50008-3 (0-345-50008-3)

July 31, 2007 | $13.95

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The Huntress
Written by Susan Carroll

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780345500083
Our Price: $13.95


In a time of intrigue and betrayal, the huntress is on a quest that could jeopardize two empires and two great queens: Catherine de Medici and Elizabeth I.

The year is 1585–and prophecy has foretold the coming of a daughter of the Earth whose powers are so extraordinary they could usurp the...

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Midnight Bride
Written by Susan Carroll

Paperback | 432 pages | Ballantine Books | Fiction - Romance - Historical
978-0-345-43636-8 (0-345-43636-9)

December 26, 2006 | $8.99

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Midnight Bride
Written by Susan Carroll

Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780345436368
Our Price: $8.99
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In her award-winning historical novel The Bride Finder, bestselling author Susan Carroll bewitched readers with the legend of the St. Leger men--the descendants of a medieval sorcerer haunted by an unnatural past. Now Carroll once again conjures the unforgettable castle by the sea--a place where love is as mysterious and invincible...

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Midnight Bride
Written by Susan Carroll

eBook | pages | Ballantine Books | Fiction - Romance - Historical
978-0-345-49351-4 (0-345-49351-6)

December 26, 2006 | $6.99

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Midnight Bride
Written by Susan Carroll

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780345493514
Our Price: $6.99


In her award-winning historical novel The Bride Finder, bestselling author Susan Carroll bewitched readers with the legend of the St. Leger men--the descendants of a medieval sorcerer haunted by an unnatural past. Now Carroll once again conjures the unforgettable castle by the sea--a place where love is as mysterious and invincible...

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Night Drifter
Written by Susan Carroll

eBook | pages | Ballantine Books | Fiction - Romance - Historical; Fiction - Romance - Adult
978-0-345-49352-1 (0-345-49352-4)

June 27, 2006 | $6.99

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Night Drifter
Written by Susan Carroll

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780345493521
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The Silver Rose
Written by Susan Carroll

Trade Paperback | 528 pages | Ballantine Books | Fiction; Fiction - Historical; Fiction - Romance - Historical
978-0-345-48251-8 (0-345-48251-4)

March 7, 2006 | $18.95

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The Silver Rose
Written by Susan Carroll

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780345482518
Our Price: $18.95
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From Brittany’s fog-shrouded forests to the elegant dark heart of Paris’s royal court, one woman must challenge a country’s destiny–and her own dangerous fate.

France, 1585. She is the youngest and most powerful of the “Sisters of Faire Isle,” women known far and wide for their extraordinary mystical abilities. Skilled in healing...

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The Silver Rose
Written by Susan Carroll

eBook | pages | Ballantine Books | Fiction; Fiction - Historical; Fiction - Romance - Historical
978-0-345-49077-3 (0-345-49077-0)

March 7, 2006 | $15.00

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The Silver Rose
Written by Susan Carroll

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780345490773
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From Brittany’s fog-shrouded forests to the elegant dark heart of Paris’s royal court, one woman must challenge a country’s destiny–and her own dangerous fate.

France, 1585. She is the youngest and most powerful of the “Sisters of Faire Isle,” women known far and wide for their extraordinary mystical abilities. Skilled in healing...

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The Courtesan
Written by Susan Carroll

Trade Paperback | 560 pages | Ballantine Books | Fiction; Fiction - Romance - Historical
978-0-345-43797-6 (0-345-43797-7)

July 26, 2005 | $19.95

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The Courtesan
Written by Susan Carroll

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780345437976
Our Price: $19.95
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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...

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The Courtesan
Written by Susan Carroll

eBook | pages | Ballantine Books | Fiction; Fiction - Romance - Historical
978-0-345-48464-2 (0-345-48464-9)

July 26, 2005 | $13.95

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The Courtesan
Written by Susan Carroll

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780345484642
Our Price: $13.95


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...

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The Dark Queen
Written by Susan Carroll

eBook | pages | Ballantine Books | Fiction; Fiction - Romance - Historical
978-0-345-48214-3 (0-345-48214-X)

March 29, 2005 | $13.95

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The Dark Queen
Written by Susan Carroll

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780345482143
Our Price: $13.95


From Brittany’s misty shores to the decadent splendor of Paris’s royal court, one woman must fulfill her destiny–while facing the treacherous designs of Catherine de Medici, the dark queen.

She is Ariane, the Lady of Faire Isle, one of the Cheney sisters, renowned for their mystical skills and for keeping the isle...

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The Dark Queen
Written by Susan Carroll

Trade Paperback | 544 pages | Ballantine Books | Fiction; Fiction - Romance - Historical
978-0-345-43796-9 (0-345-43796-9)

March 29, 2005 | $21.00

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The Dark Queen
Written by Susan Carroll

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780345437969
Our Price: $21.00
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From Brittany’s misty shores to the decadent splendor of Paris’s royal court, one woman must fulfill her destiny–while facing the treacherous designs of Catherine de Medici, the dark queen.

She is Ariane, the Lady of Faire Isle, one of the Cheney sisters, renowned for their mystical skills and for keeping the isle...

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The Night Drifter
Written by Susan Carroll

Paperback | 432 pages | Ivy Books | Fiction - Romance - Historical; Fiction - Romance - Adult
978-0-449-00585-9 (0-449-00585-2)

February 1, 2000 | $9.99

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The Night Drifter
Written by Susan Carroll

Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780449005859
Our Price: $9.99
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The eldest son and heir to Castle Leger, Lance St. Leger is plagued by an infernal restlessness that cannot be appeased, perhaps because the family legacy of strange powers is most pronounced in Lance's own dubious gift. He calls it night drifting--his ability to spirit into the night while his body...


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The Bride Finder
Written by Susan Carroll

Paperback | 416 pages | Ivy Books | Fiction - Romance
978-0-449-00388-6 (0-449-00388-4)

January 30, 1999 | $9.99

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The Bride Finder
Written by Susan Carroll

Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780449003886
Our Price: $9.99
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Chosen by the Bride Finder, a man blessed with amazing insight, Madeline Breton has come to Cornwall to meet her new husband, the enigmatic Anatole St. Leger. But her dream of happiness soon diffuses in his overpowering shadow. Anatole knows only too well the legacies that to him have been more...