The Stray Relation

For years, Lisabetta had been under the protection of the Empress Josephine due to her status as a stray-relation-the illegitimate child of Josephine's first husband. But now, Josephine was dead and all the various spymasters that Lisabetta had double-crossed were circling like vultures to see what she knew about the rumored St. Alban's treasure. She needed a gambit, and needed it fast; it was fortunate, indeed, that love was the greatest gambit of all.