In the tradition of Philippa Gregory’s smart, transporting fiction comes this tale of dark suspense, love, and betrayal, featuring two star-crossed sisters, one lost and the other searching.Bright and inquisitive, Hannah Powers was raised by a father who treated her as if she were his son. While ...
I'd never seen them before, and yet they seemed to know of me and my family's reputation. Later I learned the midwife was a cousin of Baldwin's and believed, as he did, that my gran had bewitched and murdered his only lawful child. In her mind, she'd every reason to treat me with contempt. The mi...
This was to be our last day of freedom before they bricked up the anchorage once more. Guda and Adelheid’s faces revealed that they, too, had hardly slept. From Compline to Matins, the three of us had held vigil, stitching by candlelight, at work on the secret plot I had hatched. This was to be t...
One morning in March, she awakened with the sunlight already streaming through the slats in the shutters—Odilia had slept through the night. Her breasts heavy with milk, Aemilia reached into the cradle, but the baby didn’t stir. Her daughter felt stiff in her arms, her skin cold to her touch, and...