Writing the book was the easy bit!

At last, and after much discussion with the fantastic Art Dept at Carina Press, I can reveal the cover for Court of Conspiracy. This being the first book in The Tudor Enigma series, everything about the process was new. I am so lucky to have the amazing Kerri Buckley as my editor. She is very supportive and has made the book ten times better than it was.

So, publication date is 26th May. Get your e-book readers charged and ready and save up $2.99.

England is the prize. The death of a young king is the price.

King Henry IX, son of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, holds the very balance of power in Europe in his adolescent hands. The nations of Catholic Europe view Protestant England as a bargaining ploy against their neighbors. Henry’s numerous enemies have cast greedy eyes on his crown and will stop at nothing to usurp the throne.

Luke Ballard, the unassuming apothecary  in the Outer Green of Hampton Court Palace is the Queen’s last hope. He treats the poor with balms and salves but is careful to protect his greater gifts. For Luke is also an elemancer with powerful abilities, one of the blessed few able to harness elemental powers for good. When Queen Anne commands him to hunt down the traitors, he knows he must obey.

Beset on all sides, Luke mobilizes his arsenal of magic and ingenuity to conquer the enemy. But as the stakes are raised in the uneven battle of good vs. evil, he knows this is only the first skirmish of a lifelong war. The welfare of the Tudors—and England—depend on him alone.

Book One of The Tudor Enigma