I finished reading the Dark Queen by Susan Carroll. It is not the first book of Carroll's I have read,,and it wont be the last I have been reading her books for years and have liked everyone I have read, this one included.. One of the things I like about Carroll's books are the history she entwines in her stories..along with the plots and characters..In the Dark Queen a island with 3 sisters know as the Cheney Sisters of Faire Isle,,the plot entails the encounters of them and the Dark Queen Catherine de Medici, and the dashing comte de Renard..It has action,history,romance,and a mystical flare to it,,it is the first one of the trilogy of the sisters..so look for the other two to be read this year also..