Reluctant Accomplice — Judy Woods

Anne Turner, struggling with the gambling debts of her dead husband, is desperate to support her three children. She can expect no help, much less a proposal of marriage from her aristocratic lover. Little does she suspect that becoming the companion of Frances Howard, daughter of the third Earl of Suffolk, will make her the scapegoat in the conspiracy poisoning. Her story, based upon historical events of 17th century London, exposes the scandal ridden court of James I of England.