In the fifth novel in Kate Emerson s highly acclaimed "Secrets of the Tudor Court" series, a young gentlewoman catches King Henry the Eighth s roving eye.
H"andmaid. Spy. Mistress. "Anxious to secure his own success at the glittering court of Henry VIII, heiress Tamsin Lodge s ambitious guardian obtains her a position as maid of honor to young Princess Mary Tudor. Tamsin soon comes to love the neglected child, but in the Tudor court, not even a princess is secure. Mary s father is besotted with the lovely Anne Boleyn, and the girl s future has grown perilous. Plotting to be Mary s eyes and ears, Tamsin joins Anne s service, but the handsome silk worker who is her co-conspirator may be her undoing. While marriage with a merchant is unthinkable, she cannot resist Rafe Pinckney s embraces. When Tamsin also attracts the lusty Henry, she must choose between loyalty and desire. . . . With Anne s jealousy growing dangerous, can Tamsin survive the schemes and seductions that surround her?"