The King's Falcon — Catherine Darby

Out of the war, fire, plague and intrigue that marked one of the bloodiest periods in English history - the Civai War and the Restoration - came the beautiful and imperious Regina Falcon, heir to all the arrogant pride and sensuality of her illustrious family.

Betrothed to a moneylender to pay off her grandfather's gambling debts, she shocked the small country village of her birth by running off to London on the day she was to be wed.

Mistress of Charles II, King of England - with her incredible beauty and wit, Regina took London by storm, soon replacing the elegant Lady Castlemaine as the king's favorite. She was on top of the world and meant to stay there, but she failed to take into account her own romantic yearnings and the corrupt past of her family which would turn her dream into a nightmare of lust, greed, and treachery.