King's Damsel

Handmaid. Spy. Mistress. Anxious to secure his own success at the glittering court of Henry VIII, heiress Tamsin Lodges ambitious guardian obtains her a position as maid of honor to young Princess Mary Tudor. Tamsin soon comes to love the neglected child, but in the Tudor court, not even a princess is secure. Marys father is besotted with the lovely Anne Boleyn, and the girls future has grown perilous. Plotting to be Marys eyes and ears, Tamsin joins Annes service, but the handsome silk worker who is her co-conspirator may be her undoing. While marriage with a merchant is unthinkable, she cannot resist Rafe Pinckneys embraces. When Tamsin also attracts the lusty Henry, she must choose between loyalty and desire. . . . With Annes jealousy growing dangerous, can Tamsin survive the schemes and seductions that surround her?