Christie Dickason

It is London, 1605, and firemaster Francis Quoynt has been sent to spy on Guido Fawkes and his fellow conspirators. In Southwark, Kate, Quoynt’s former lover and a secret Catholic, is hiding a Jesuit as the fifth of November looms near…

Princess Elizabeth, daughter of James 1, struggles to avoid becoming a pawn in the royal marriage market. She trusts only her brother, Henry, until Tallie, a slave girl, becomes her unlikely advisor.