![]() Bess and Will must hope that the king can be persuaded to issue a royal decree allowing Will to marry again…but to achieve their goal, the lovers will need royal favor. ![]() Will is a divorced man, and remarriage is still prohibited. Bess finds Will’s kisses as sweet as honey, but marriage between them may be impossible. And other dangers exist as well, for Bess has caught the interest of dashing courtier Will Parr. Although Bess has no desire to wed the aging king, she and her family would have little choice if Henry’s eye were to fall to her. Brought to court with other eligible young noblewomen by the decree of King Henry VIII, lovely Elizabeth “Bess” Brooke realizes for the first time that beauty can be hazardous. First line: On the twenty-ninth day of January in 1542, twenty-six eligible young women sat at the table in White Hall Palace with King Henry.įrom the back cover: Charming. ![]()
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