The second in a truly gripping trilogy, featuring the beautiful but determined Anne, who has the king's heart and now his son.
It's 1468, three years on from the first book. Anne has fled from England after fears that her identity - she is the illegitimate daughter of Henry VI, the previous king - will be revealed and threaten her life.
Anne established herself as a highly successful merchant in Bruges, dealing in fabric and working with some of the most successful merchants in Europe. But she is, of course, a woman - and the men resent her taking some of their business. When two attempts are made on Anne's life, she assumes it is someone who wants to get rid of the competition. However, it turns out to be someone even more dangerous than she imagined . . .
Meanwhile, young Edward is now three and his father, King Edward IV, knows nothing of his young heir. But news comes to Anne of the King's sister's impending wedding - in Bruges. What will happen if the King discovers, while in Bruges, that he has a son? Legitimate or not, a son is vitally important to a King with an unstable kingdom who only has daughters.
Love and longing drive two extraordinary people, Edward Plantagent and Anne de Bohun, towards their destiny and each other; all they want is some part of a life together, but will that be too much to ask when death and duty collide with passion?
