Judith Riley Merkle Libros

"En un ambiente medieval de guerra, hambre y maldad, una mujer trata de encontrar a su amado"--Cover.

A 17th century tale of sorcery based on Paris police records. the heroine is Genèvieve Pasquier, a fortune teller who uses her powers to manipulate the liveds of the famous at the court of Louis XIV, the Sun King.

In 1355, Margaret of Ashbury depends on renegade friar Brother Gregory to record her life story and state of Mystic Union, and he is forced to accept the state of grace of this "mere woman"

Set in the treacherous court of Henry VIII, the story follows Susanna Dallet, a widow who becomes a miniature-portrait painter after her husband's murder. As she rises in status and navigates the intrigues surrounding Princess Mary, she discovers an inherited manuscript linked to an ancient mystery. With danger closing in, she partners with Robert Ashton, secretary to Archbishop Wolsey, to confront a sinister society intertwined with supernatural elements. This tale blends action, humor, romance, and suspense in a deadly game of survival.

Nostradamus, a ruthless queen, and a young poet find themselves in the fight of their lives...Lady Sibille never goes looking for trouble, but trouble always seems to find her. When she inadvertently becomes the master of an ancient cursed head of Menander the Magus-the Master of All Desires-she suddenly has the power to grant any wish, at a steep price.Queen Catherine de Medici is trying to obtain the power of the Master in order to get rid of her husband's mistress. But she does not understand that the Master is malic itself, twisting the wishes that he grants to bring destruction.But only Nostradamus knows that evil befalls all who wish upon this accursed object. Can he stop these determined women before they unwittingly destroy the entire kingdom of France?

Im Paris des 16. Jahrhunderts blüht das Geschäft der Wahrsager und Horoskop-Ersteller, der Alchimisten und Giftmischer. Auch Katharina von Medici, die Gemahlin König Heinrichs II., hat sich der schwarzen Magie verschrieben, um ihrer erbitterten Rivalin, der Mätresse des Königs, endlich die Macht zu entreißen. Helfen soll ihr dabei eine zauberkräftige Schatulle. Durch Zufall jedoch gerät diese in die Hände der jungen Dichterin Sibille, die nicht um die unheimliche Kraft des Kästchens weiß. Bald fühlt sich Sibille verfolgt, und ein mysteriöses Ereignis jagt das nächste. Einzig der Prophet Nostradamus ahnt, wie er weiteres Unheil verhindern kann. Und er spürt, daß Sibilles Horoskop ein Geheimnis birgt, das den Fluch der Schatulle zu brechen vermag...

Seventeenth-century Paris. Geneviève is a skinny, precocious girl with a mind full of philosophy and the remarkable power to read the swirling waters of an oracle glass. Left for dead by her family, she is taken in by the ingenious occultist La Voisin, who rules a secret society of witches that manipulates the rich and the scandalous all the way up to the throne. Tutored by La Voisin, Geneviève creates a new identity for herself--as the mysterious Madame de Morville, rumored to be one hundred fifty years old. Soon, even the reigning mistress of the Sun King himself consults Madame de Morville on what the future holds for her. And as Madame de Morville, Geneviève can revel in what women are usually denied--power, an independent income, and the opportunity to speak her mind. But beneath her intelligence and wit, and in the face of unexpected love, Geneviève is driven by the obsessed spirit of revenge....