Description
It is 1553 when Lord Richard Summerville proposes marriage to Bethany, a young merchant's daughter. He wants an heir, she wants his wealth and title; neither wanted to fall in love. She promises to follow his Catholic beliefs, despite them being illegal, but when Mary Tudor succeeds to the throne and brutally persecutes hundreds of protestants in an attempt to bring England back to the Church of Rome, Bethany finds the struggle to support her Catholic husband to be impossible. To preserve his position at the Court of Queen Mary, Lord Summerville presents his mistress, Lady Rachel Stewart, as his wife, while his Countess betrays him by helping his enemies. But Lady Rachel has her own tragic story to tell and when the Queen discovers their treachery, they both barely escape with their lives. Now he must decide if he still has a future with the wife who betrayed him and together they need to put the past behind them and hide their secrets if they are to have a chance of renewing the love they once had for each other. But will their children emerge unscathed, or will their parents' past rise up to destroy at least one of them? This is a story of an enduring and passionate love, a betrayal and forgiveness set amid the turmoil of sixteenth century England.
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