Grace decides to disguise herself as a boy, and along with her friend Masou, a tumbler at the court, stows away aboard Captain Drake's ship in the hope of rescuing her, and finds herself facing a dangerous adventure. Her discoveries lead her to believe that rather than leaving of her own free will, Lady Sarah may have been kidnapped. Everything goes as planned, until the day after the ball - when one of Grace's rejected suitors is found dead, and the man she has chosen for her betrothed is the prime suspect! Now Grace must get to the bottom of the mystery and find the real killer so that she may clear the name of her future husband.īook 2, Betrayal: When Lady Sarah, a fellow Maid of Honor to Queen Elizabeth I, disappears, apparently having eloped with the dashing young Captain Drake, thirteen-year-old Lady Grace Cavendish takes it upon herself to discover the truth of Lady Sarah's whereabouts.
Elizabeth plans a lavish ball where Grace may choose her future husband from among three suitors. Even though she will not have to marry for three more years, Grace still dreads being betrothed. Now thirteen years old in the spring of 1569, Grace is a Maid of Honor to the queen, and the time has come for her betrothal. When her mother died after accidentally drinking poison meant for the queen, Elizabeth takes on the responsibility of giving Grace a home at court and eventually finding her a husband. These books are written in the form of a diary kept by Lady Grace Cavendish, a fictional Maid of Honor to Queen Elizabeth I, as she solves various mysteries at court.īook 1, Assassin: Lady Grace Cavendish grew up at the court of Queen Elizabeth I. 2-in-1 rerelease of the first two books from the series, which was originally titled The Lady Grace Mysteries.
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