A Rose for a Princess

The year is 1531. The king is troubled. His mother has died unexpectedly, and after the Duke de Guise's failed wedding, Sophie de Marginel has disappeared once again. If she is not found soon, His Majesty expects major trouble from the Brotherhood of the Dog. Sophie's guardian, the Marquis de Pays-Rouge, continues to search for her, even though returning to France puts his own life at risk. Who is this mysterious marquis really, and what happened twenty years ago? What past connects them all?

This is how the novel Roses for a Princess begins, the third part of the historical romance saga about the mysterious Sophie.

Martina Monošová (1972, Stará Turá) is a writer. She graduated in design from STU in Bratislava. In 2005, she debuted with the novel Lásky o piatej, set in the world of childminders in England. She wrote a loose sequel to the story from the British Isles, Anglické prebúdzania (she was the first to bring the theme of au-pairing to Slovak literature), an original three-perspective take on marital infidelity in the novel Klišé, the light-hearted novel Zlodeji bozkov about finding one's own path and price, the novel Sladké sny about the highs and lows in the private life of an otherwise successful singer (also published in Czech), the erotic detective story Lekcie z nenávisti (also published in Czech), the saga-like novel about two women against the backdrop of major changes in Slovak society over the twenty-five years since the Velvet Revolution, Miluje-nemiluje, idem!, the intimate, mysterious-romantic story of a married man's mistress, Perly tej druhej, the factual book about the artistic work of Elena Rumánková, Harmónia zakliata farbami, and two parts of the historical saga SOPHIE: Ples u vojvodkyne and Rytierova druhá šanca. The final part, Markízino tajomstvo, is in preparation. She lived in England in 2000 and in Belgium from 2007–2009. Today, she lives and works in Slovenský Grob.

www.martinamonosova.sk