The Tarot Reader of Versailles

by Anya Bergman

Set in the early days of the French Revolution, Marie‑Anne‑Adélaïde Lenormand is a gifted tarot reader who can commune with the dead. Both aristocrats and revolutionaries seek her counsel, yet she remains loyal to Marie Antoinette and the dauphin, having already glimpsed the queen’s doomed fate in the cards. When she meets Cait, an Irish scullery maid with the power to read people’s pasts, the two women form an electrifying bond. As Paris descends into terror, Cait’s secret allegiance to Irish freedom threatens to pull them apart. Amid dark folklore, tarot mysticism, and the clash of France and Ireland, the novel explores fate, free will, and the choices that can change history.