{"product_id":"to-shield-the-queen-9780743489072","title":"To Shield the Queen","description":"\u003ci\u003eLoyal Servant. Devoted Friend. Perfect target.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rumor has linked Queen Elizabeth I to her Master of Horse, Robin Dudley. And what rumors, at that: but for his ailing wife, Amy, Dudley would wed her majesty, the gossipmongers are whispering. To quell idle tongues, Elizabeth dispatches Ursula Blanchard to tend to the sick woman's needs. But not even Ursula can prevent the \"accident\" that takes Amy's life. Did she fall or was she pushed? Was Ursula a pawn of Dudley and the Queen? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Suddenly Ursula finds herself at the center of the scandal, trying to protect Elizabeth as she loses her heart to a Frenchman who may be flirting with sedition against her Queen. She can trust no one, neither her lover nor her monarch, as she sets out to find the truth in a glittering court that conceasls a wellspring of blood and lies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFiona Buckley is the author of eight historical mystery novels featuring Ursula Blanchard: \u003ci\u003eTo Shield the Queen, The Doublet Affair, Queen's Ransom, To Ruin a Queen, Queen of Ambition, A Pawn for a Queen, The Fugitive Queen\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Siren Queen\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in North Surrey, England.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491973337362,"sku":"9780743489072","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7df513c5-cd07-4565-8dc2-460d6004bee6.jpg?v=1730563806","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/to-shield-the-queen-9780743489072","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}