The Black Pearl — Laura Cassidy

Accepting her cousin Margaret's invitation to join Queen Anne Boleyn's court, Bess de Cheyne was leaving her Devon childhood behind. Blessed and cursed with second sight, Bess knew on first meeting Sir Harry Latimar he would influence her life. For Harry -- brittle, sophisticated, a rake and a gambler -- this beautiful forthright country girl was outside his experience, and his attraction to her puzzled him.

As the difficulties between Henry VIII and his Queen deepened, both Harry and Bess were drawn into the drama, and found themselves shaken out of their normal lives -- but where would it lead them, when Harry was already betrothed?