I really should be reading titles up for ppya, but I had to take a break from zombies and mysteries and ready some historical fiction. I grew up reading Phillipa Gregory and Victoria Holt, so I'm a sucker for books with pretty dresses on the cover. Miranda's life changes dramatically when her father dies in service to the queen in Ireland. Her father had been borrowing from the crown and so the family is left penniless. This means that the man she was supposed to marry doesn't want her anymore and the woman Miranda's brother was supposed to marry doesn't want him anymore. Even Miranda's mother rushes into a remarriage to help take care of the family. Miranda is sent to court to find a new husband, but the intrigue of an outcast mother doesn't help her. Some girls are out to snub her and Miranda isn't even sure she has Queen Elizabeth's approval. Miranda relies on her sewing skills to find favor with new friends and benefactors, and hopes the queen will not push her into a marriage with a man she doesn't love.
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