Doctor & Duelist (The Blades of Saint-Mitre)From debut author Artemisia Clare comes the first entry in a cloak and dagger romance x mystery series set during the Renaissance. The trials and tribulations of 16th century France spare no one and no place, not even the City of Fountains It's 1567 in Aix en Provence. Oste Lzin, the scandalous leader of a local confraternity, the Order of Saint Mitre, is a commissioned city doctor at long last. Dorota Galoup, a member of the order, carries the secret

especially when she glimpses the caring man beneath his harsh exterior

Rather than fire her

Desperate to escape the stain of her father’s crimes

A tale of veggies tempted to break their vows

relatable characters

But every time she starts to get ahead

the sarcastic and skeptical (and annoyingly good-looking) local reporter Fletcher Gunn has his nose in the story as well

whose spine-tingling plots appear to be pulled straight from Georgiana’s own manuscripts

But even as her past returns to claim her

find love again

But just when all systems are set to hate

and the lovely