The Two Dianas, Volume 1 (of 3)

France, 1550s. The court of Henri II glitters with dangerous ambitions, and two strangers will find their fates entwined by blood, love, and the ruthless machinery of power. Gabriel de Montgommery has spent eighteen years believing himself the son of a common soldier. On the day he learns his true name, that he is born of noble blood, heir to a house destroyed by the King's enemies, his world cracks open. Vengeance burns in his veins. Meanwhile, Diane, a foundling raised in obscurity, is dragged from her humble life and promised in marriage to the Duc de Castro, a union she neither wants nor understands. Two young people, both powerless against the forces that shape them. Two hearts beating toward a love that could destroy everything they know. This is Volume One of a sweeping trilogy that gripped 19th-century France with its blend of historical spectacle and passionate drama. It is for readers who crave romantic sagas rich with political intrigue, secret identities, and the collision of personal desire against royal ambition.