by Black Silk
RITA Award-winning author
JUDITH IVORY
“One of the most talented fiction writers working in historical romance…One of those writers who not only delights readers, but also inspires awe and envy in fellow writers.”
Albany Times-Union
“Ivory’s writing is pure magic.”
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
BLACK SILK
“Black Silk is superb. It has all the elements we’ve come to expect from Judith Ivory—originality, passion, style, exquisite sensuality. She writes like a dream. Read the book and fall in love.”
Patricia Gaffney
“A wonderful romantic tale full of complex, intriguing characters…A terrific writer who has a great gift for creating a sense of time and place. I savored this rich and many-layered story.”
Amanda Quick
“Refreshingly unique…I was mesmerized.”
Katherine Sutcliffe
“Exquisitely polished…I lapped it up and wished for more.”
LaVyrle Spencer
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Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
BLACK SILK. Copyright © 1991, 2002 by Judith Ivory, Inc. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
EPub Edition © JUNE 2007 ISBN: 9780061834202
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Part I
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Part II
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Part III
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Author's Note
About the Author
Praise
Other Books by Judith Ivory
Copyright
About the Publisher