Vanora Bennett

the Wars of the Roses may be drawing to an end but England and the Court are still in turmoil. Isobel, a silkweaver and mistress to Richard of York, manages to cut through the turmoil with her clever ways. Her sister is mistress to Edward IV - do these two women hold the keys to power?

In 1526 Hans Holbein the Younger arrives at the home of Sir Thomas More to paint the family. There he finds himself drawn to More’s foster daughter Meg, as is another visitor. Meg loves one, but marries the other in this tale of love, and political and religious turmoil.

Evie, a rebellious young American leaves New York in search of art and adventure in Paris, where her grandmother lives. Her grandmother's death leaves Evie compelled to carry out her dying wish: to find a man from her past called Zhenya. The quest leads Evie deep into the heart of the Russian emigre community of Paris.