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Bestselling author Sandra Byrd continues to earn both industry acclaim and high praise from readers everywhere. The author of more than fifty books, her work has received many awards, nominations, and accolades, including the Historical Novel Society’s Editor’s Choice award, two Christy Award nominations, two Library Journal Best Book selections, a Bookpage Top Pick for Romance, and inclusion on Booklist’s Top Ten Inspirational Books of the Year list.

In addition, as an editor and an in-demand writing coach, Sandra is passionate about helping writers develop their talents and has coached and mentored hundreds of writers at all stages of their writing careers.

A dedicated foodie from the age of sixteen, Sandra cooks through the topic and loc ...more

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	To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn (Ladies in Waiting, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 3,087 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Let Them Eat Cake (French Twist #1) 3.81 avg rating — 2,643 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bon Appetit (French Twist #2) 4.03 avg rating — 1,633 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mist of Midnight (Daughters of Hampshire, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 1,649 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Piece de Resistance (French Twist, #3) 4.13 avg rating — 1,116 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Keeper: A Novel of Kateryn Parr (Ladies in Waiting, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 992 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Roses Have Thorns: A Novel of Elizabeth I (Ladies in Waiting, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 680 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bride of a Distant Isle (Daughters of Hampshire, #2) 3.95 avg rating — 613 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lady of a Thousand Treasures (The Victorian Ladies, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 555 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Lady in Disguise (Daughters of Hampshire, #3) 4.07 avg rating — 514 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Chicken thieves, flower gardens, and eavesdroppers on the party line? Yes, please!

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Quotes by Sandra Byrd

“If your arteries are good, eat more ice cream. If they are bad, drink more red wine. Proceed thusly.”
― Sandra Byrd, Bon Appetit

tags: france, health, humor, ice-cream, motivation, wine

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“Many have doubts; few voice them. The silent tended to quickly condemn those honest few who air misgivings dormant deep within us all.”
― Sandra Byrd, Mist of Midnight

tags: doubt, faith

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“Her head rolled but a little way from her body, and I could see her lips still moving in silent prayer for a few moments while the blood pumped outward from the body and from the head. I was stuck firm in my place by the horror of it, jarred loose only by the clattering of Nan Zouche and Alice as they ran up the stairs with linen. I quickly leaned down and picked up her head, eyes still open and aware as the linen slipped from them, as they looked at me. I willed the bile back down my throat and forced myself to look into those eyes with love for the few moments before awareness dimmed from them.
Within seconds, she slipped away. I took the head into the smallest and finest of linens and carefully wrapped it, her blood running thickly between my fingers, under my nails, and staining my forearms as I sought to save her from any indignity.”
― Sandra Byrd, To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn

tags: anne-boleyn, beheading, death, indignity

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What book would you like to read for the January 2015 group read?

Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

10 votes, 12.8%

The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir

8 votes, 10.3%

Elizabeth I by Margaret George

7 votes, 9.0%

The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn by Alison Weir

7 votes, 9.0%

The Tudor Secret by C.W. Gortner

6 votes, 7.7%

The Queen's Bed: An Intimate History of Elizabeth's Court by Anna Whitelock

5 votes, 6.4%

Sisters of Treason by Elizabeth Fremantle

5 votes, 6.4%

The Stolen Crown: The Secret Marriage that Forever Changed the Fate of England by Susan Higginbotham

4 votes, 5.1%

The Sixth Wife by Jean Plaidy

3 votes, 3.8%

The Concubine by Norah Lofts

3 votes, 3.8%

Death And The Virgin: Elizabeth, Dudley and the Mysterious Fate of Amy Robsart by Chris Skidmore

3 votes, 3.8%

George Boleyn: Tudor Poet, Courtier & Diplomat by Claire Ridgway

2 votes, 2.6%

The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

2 votes, 2.6%

A Traveller In Time by Alison Uttley

2 votes, 2.6%

Sacred Treason by James Forrester

2 votes, 2.6%

Roses Have Thorns: A Novel of Elizabeth I by Sandra Byrd

2 votes, 2.6%

The King's Confidante by Jean Plaidy

2 votes, 2.6%

The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir

2 votes, 2.6%

Young Bess by Margaret Irwin

2 votes, 2.6%

My Lady Viper by E. Knight

1 vote, 1.3%

I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles

0 votes, 0.0%

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Sandra’s Quotes

“There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is to write even when you don't want to, don't much like what you're writing, and aren't writing particularly well.”
― Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

tags: commitment, creative-process, professionalism, writing

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