The first man to murder Éliane de Vauclair bowed before drawing his pistol—proving that excellent breeding easily survives wickedness.

 

Left for dead in her family's ashes, Éliane resurrects herself as La Renarde Noire. Armed with a stolen pistol and a polite smile, this masked highwaywoman relieves the French elite not of their gold, but of their treasonous blackmail ledgers.

 

Her elegant sabotage triggers a manhunt led by royal courier Gabriel de Saint-Aubin. Duty-bound, Gabriel doesn't realize his outlaw prey is the childhood love he mourns—while Éliane remains blind to the fact her pursuer is the boy she left behind.

 

As the conspiracy bleeds into the glittering, spy-infested corridors of Versailles, Éliane must tear down the cabal that orchestrated her ruin. With the spark between hunter and prey igniting, the gallows loom. Will she sacrifice her soul to avenge the dead, or will the Black Fox hang before justice is served?