Belle da Costa Greene is a young woman blessed with exceptional education and impeccable taste, who one day receives an incredible opportunity from life. The fearsome banker J.P. Morgan is looking for a private librarian, someone who can help him acquire unique manuscripts and rare art treasures. Belle wins the job and earns the respect of her employer with her aptitude and professional knowledge. Soon all doors open for the girl, and she moves at home in New York's most prestigious salons as well as in the art market, in a world where only men were able to prevail. However, success comes at a serious price.
Belle keeps a serious secret: her real name is Belle Marion Greener, the daughter of Richard Greener, who gained fame as the first black student at Harvard and later as a determined black rights activist. In order to keep her job and her position in the highest circles, Belle must make a serious sacrifice. He must distance himself from his family, deny his roots, and cannot even trust those closest to him. But is it worth carrying such a burden to make your dreams come true?
Belle, Queen of the Library is the story of a special personality who became an inescapable figure in a world that, had she been aware of her true identity, would never have recognized her abilities.

"A breathtaking journey into New York's luxurious ballrooms and the tense world of auctions. A carefully written story of oppression, equality, and a woman's determined struggle to be herself in a cruel world." - Renee Rosen

MARIE BENEDICT studied history and art history at Boston College and then enrolled in law school. She worked as a lawyer for more than ten years, but she always dreamed of writing the life stories of undeservedly forgotten women. In her novels so far, she has revealed to her readers the fate of special women such as Hedy Lamarr, Agatha Christie or Clementine Churchill. Belle, Queen of the Library is her sixth novel.
After graduating from Hampton University and New York University, VICTORIA CHRISTOPHER MURRAY worked in business for nearly twenty years. He is extremely prolific as a writer: he has already written nearly thirty works under his own name, as a ghostwriter, and in collaboration with other authors. One of the most influential creators of African-American literature, his work has been honored with numerous awards and nominations. He lives in Washington.