Dark Queen

The Dark Queen – I wrote a short bit about this book in May.  The story revolves around blind Cassandra Wyndleigh’s marriage to Matthew Rowell, which starts off horribly due to several misunderstandings.  It seems to only get worse from there.  Her husband is obviously involved in something and is using Cassandra, for what she is uncertain.  Is he a French agent?  The only person he seems to confide in is his French friend, Mr. Thierry, and with England and France not on the best of terms under Napoleon this seems almost a certainty.

It turns out the answer might be in the tarot cards as Cassandra ‘reads’ one disastrous future after another for her friends and family.  As those futures begin coming true Cassandra is no long certain what to believe.  Is she the ‘Dark Queen’, the queen of spades often associated with death?  And whom do the other cards that frequently appear represent; The Fool, The Hermit, The Magician, The Devil and Death?

It was fun to write this story as I decided to go with a first person point-of-view, using a blind protagonist. How do you go about explaining the ‘action’ when you cannot see it? Hearing and scent play a large part in her world and several pivotal parts in the book depend on her interpretation of what is going on around her which you only know from what she is sensing. Part murder mystery, part political intrigue, part romance, part occult influence? Is Cassandra’s happily-ever-after with the mercurial Matthew Rowell, or the mysterious Alexander Herschell who pledges his help in freeing her from her husband?

If you are interested in finding out Cassandra’s future you can purchase an ebook or paperback here on Kindle.   Hope you enjoy.