In the early 1700s, recently widowed Barbara Montgeoffry, the 20-year-old Countess of Devan whose husband died in scandalous circumstances, sails to Virginia for a change of air and takes over management of a family tobacco plantation. In Virginia she creates a stir with her conq...
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Louis XIV is perhaps one of the best-known and most glamorous monarchs ever to grace the French throne. But what was he like as a young man - the man before Versailles? Bestselling house author Karleen Koen takes us back to the place and time where the decisive king was just begi...
"A grand yet intimate look at the Sun King, a tale rich with detail and action."-Library Journal (Starred Review, one of the best historical novels of the year) Before Versailles transports you to a world of secret passions and plots, a world of duplicity and malice...a world t...
Alice Verney is a young woman who schemes to attain power and status in the court of Charles II.
"A completely involving story...power, greed, family conflict, burning ambition and passion kindle the plot. Readers will be captivated!"- Publishers Weekly Karleen Koen's sweeping saga contains unforgettable characters consumed with passion: the extraordinarily beautiful fiftee...
New York Times bestselling author Karleen Koen offers another delightful historical novel that will transport you to another time and place. Louis XIV is one of the best-known monarchs ever to grace the French throne. But what was he like as a young man-the man before Versailles...
The long-awaited prequel to Koen's beloved Through a Glass Darkly , Dark Angels is a feast of a novel that sparkles with all the passion, extravagance, danger, and scandal of seventeenth-century England. Alice Verney is a young woman intent on achieving her dreams. Returning...