Blood Queen (Shakespeare's Queens)

Cold. Ruthless. Deadly. Or the queen her country deserved?

Scotland, 1020 AD. King Malcolm II lies on his deathbed, and the most powerful families make a violent claim for the Scottish throne . . .

On the eve of her sixteenth birthday, a flushed and nervous Cora MacDuff waits to marry her sweetheart, Macbeth. But her dreams are stolen from her, and the night she was hoping for turns into a brutal slaughter.
In order to reclaim the life she was promised, Cora must learn to use every weapon at her disposal - even those she loves . . .

The myth of Lady Macbeth looms large. This is her story.

Praise for Joanna Courtney:

'Glorious, rich, epic' Rachael Lucas

'Absorbing and emotional' Candis magazine

'Heart-rending' Freda Lightfoot, author of The Amber Keeper