Cover Reveal for What Love E’er Meant!

I am thrilled to reveal the cover for What Love E’er Meant, the second book in my Regina series. The first book, Nothing Proved, is the story of Elizabeth’s path to the throne – a path that was impossible until it wasn’t. What Love E’er Meant shows a newly-crowned queen under pressure to marry. Caught between duty and love, reward and risk, she must navigate the greatest risk of her reign.

Here is the description:

A new queen must prove she deserves the throne God gave her, while the path everyone insists will secure it might cost her everything

Against all odds, Elizabeth Tudor has become Queen of England. Determined to fulfill what she sees as a divine responsibility, she sets out to heal a country ravaged by religious discord, war, and debt – and vindicate the legacy of Anne Boleyn, the mother who did not deserve her fate.

But Elizabeth’s crown is not fully secure: to the Catholic world, her cousin Mary Stuart is the rightful Queen of England and there are rumblings to put her there. Shoring up defenses requires that Elizabeth challenge France’s control of Scotland and Spain’s dominance on the seas, as well as calm internal strife. Above the din of menace, one question dominates all others: who will she marry?

William Cecil, her trusted Secretary of State, urges her to secure an alliance through a strategic match. Robert Dudley, the love of her life, pressures her to choose him. And Mary herself presents a cautionary tale. In the end, Elizabeth chooses not as a woman but as a queen, and learns the sobering truth of sovereignty: to rule is to stand alone.

What Love E’er Meant, the searing second volume in the Regina Trilogy, captures a young queen’s struggle to balance love and power, duty and desire…and the profound cost of choosing crown over heart.

The book will be released on September 7 (Elizabeth’s birthday) – preorder it now at Amazon, Apple Books, and Kobo (Barnes & Noble, and Google will follow soon) – and add it on Goodreads! 😉