Hampton Court Palace 1530s. Anne Brandon has always understood the power of a king's patronage and though the court of Henry VIII is a dangerous place for women as the daughter of the king's best friend Anne feels safer than most. But Anne's husband Lord Powis is tiring of her childlessness and when Henry VIII begins plotting to rid himself of a queen in his quest for an heir suddenly Anne's life is in danger. And as whispers of the name of her friend Anne Boleyn's get ever louder there is peril in every loose word every forbidden conversation. Pembrokeshire Present Day. Caroline Harvey has spent years helping her grandfather the reclusive bestselling novelist Dexter Blake hide from his legions of fans in his home on the Pembrokeshire coast. After his death the vultures begin to circle Dexter's fortune. When Caroline's ownership of the estate she has inherited is called into question her research into its history reveals it was once owned by Anne Brandon who had sought refuge there. Intrigued Caroline is determined to discover why Anne fled the court of Henry VIII.
