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Bestselling author Sandra Byrd has published fifty books over her editing and writing career. Her traditionally published books include titles by Howard Books, a division of Simon and Schuster, Tyndale House Publishers, WaterBrook Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House, and Bethany House Publishers.

Sandra’s series of historically sound Gothic romances launched with the best-selling Mist of Midnight, which earned a coveted Editor’s Choice award from the Historical Novel Society. The second book, Bride of a Distant Isle, has been selected by Romantic Times as a Top Pick. The third in the series, A Lady in Disguise, published in 2017 and was named by the American Library Association’s Booklist as one of the Top Ten Inspirational Fiction bo ...more

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	To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn (Ladies in Waiting, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 3,064 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 — 2,595 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
	Mist of Midnight (Daughters of Hampshire, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 1,585 ratings — published 2015 — 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 — 1,608 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
	The Secret Keeper: A Novel of Kateryn Parr (Ladies in Waiting, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 978 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Piece de Resistance (French Twist, #3) 4.14 avg rating — 1,096 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
	Roses Have Thorns: A Novel of Elizabeth I (Ladies in Waiting, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 669 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Bride of a Distant Isle (Daughters of Hampshire, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 580 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
	A Lady in Disguise (Daughters of Hampshire, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 488 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
	Asking for Trouble (London Confidential, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 520 ratings — published 2010 — 5 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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Sandra Byrd answered Christine's question: Hi Sandra. First of all, I absolutely love your writing. I've heard that you are pursuing a new avenue in your writing and look forward to reading your contemporary fiction. I was just wondering if you will be publishing any more books in The Victorian Ladies series? Thanks! Hi Christine! Thank you so much for your kind words and for reading and loving my books! I am doing a timeslip book next, but I hope it will include all the sorts of elements you loved in my current books. I hope, sometime, to return to the Victorian See Full Answer
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“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 about the Tudors would you like to have as our Group Read for November?

The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir

16 votes, 24.6%

Queen's Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle

12 votes, 18.5%

Plantagenet Princess, Tudor Queen: The Story of Elizabeth of York by Samantha Wilcoxson

9 votes, 13.8%

Dark Fire by C.J. Sansom

7 votes, 10.8%

The Children of Henry VIII by John Guy

6 votes, 9.2%

Secrets of the Tudor Court by D.L. Bogdan

4 votes, 6.2%

A Dead Man in Deptford by Anthony Burgess

4 votes, 6.2%

The Secret Keeper: A Novel of Kateryn Parr by Sandra Byrd

3 votes, 4.6%

The Jesuit Letter by Dean Hamilton

2 votes, 3.1%

With the Heart of a King: Elizabeth I of England, Philip II of Spain, and the Fight for a Nation's Soul and Crown by Benton Rain Patterson

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In a Treacherous Court by Michelle Diener

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“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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