The Shadow Queen

• Author: Margaret Hope
• Publisher: Mills and Boon, Masquerade #0045
• Year: 1979

She could have been the queen's twin! So great was Kirsty's resemblance to young Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, that people stopped in the streets and stared at her. It wasn't long before this uncanny resemblance drew the attention of the queen herself. At first Kirsty was only embarrassed by her likeness to Mary Stuart, but soon it became an almost unendurable situation. For the queen was determined to make use of what she considered a great piece of luck, and for Kirsty, indeed for all of Scotland, there were disastrous results!

Alternative Book Description

It was Kirsty's uncanny - and potentially dangerous - resemblance to Mary, Queen of Scots, that saved her from an arranged marriage with Dirk Farr, the gipsy laird. But had she only exchanged one peril for another?