Book description
With her dying breath, Mary of Guise entrusts a silver casket
containing explosive secret papers to the young Scottish heiress,
Rinette Leslie. She makes Rinette promise to keep the casket hidden
and only to give it to Mary, Queen of Scots, now on her way home from
France to ascend the throne.
But Rinette makes a terrible mistake - she cannot resist showing it
to her beloved young husband, before consigning the casket to its
hiding place. This fatal decision will lead them into a maze of
conspiracy and murder, in which they - and the beautiful castle by the
sea, which is Rinette's inheritance - become the targets of ruthless
men who seek to possess the casket at all costs.
Unable to tell friend from foe at court, and desperate to protect
the queen's secrets, Rinette has one powerful weapon which may save
her - the ancient art of floramancy, through which she can interpret
the language of flowers and sometimes predict the future. But if the
flowers should stay silent, who can she trust then?
Elizabeth Loupas lives near the Elm Fork of the Trinity River, half
way between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. She hates housework, cold
weather and wearing shoes. She loves gardening, animals and popcorn. Not
surprisingly she lives in a state of happy, barefoot chaos with her
delightful and slightly bemused husband, her herb garden, her popcorn
popper and two beagles.
