«Tagliatele la testa!» Sin dai tempi di Enrico VIII sentire quest'ordine non è poi tanto raro. Mogli scomode, consiglieri in odore di congiura, figli legittimi e bastardi... Al sovrano di turno basta schioccare le dita e zac! Per non parlare del veleno. Insomma, se Lady Jane Grey preferisce i saggi sulle barbabietole alla vita di corte, un motivo c'è. Peccato che, quando sei nella linea di successione alla corona inglese, puoi ritrovarti sposata con un tizio mai visto prima. Bello, questo sì, ma con un segreto decisamente ingombrante. Soprattutto quando ti mettono addirittura sul trono, e la tua prima concorrente è la cugina Maria - che non per nulla passerà alla storia come Bloody Mary. O forse no. Già, perché le autrici hanno stabilito che questa turbolenta epoca storica era troppo cupa, quindi hanno deciso di rimescolare le carte, aggiungere un pizzico di magia et voilà, ecco a voi un romanzo di cappa e spada con atmosfere alla Bridgerton e una Lady Jane che da sacrificabile pedina dinastica diventa un'eroina anticonvenzionale e molto umana. Ma non del tutto... PER CHI HA AMATO BRIDGERTON E ONCE UPON A TIME.
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Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows
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My Lady Jane
by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows
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