Mary Sheldon has grown up in the glittering court of Queen Elizabeth I. Mary is an orphan and as a young cousin to the Queen, she is taken in as a ward and raised at court.
Over the years, the Queen has groomed Mary for a prestigious marriage, perhaps to a prince to secure an alliance.
Mary has been taught by the best tutors and has even serves on Queen Elizabeth’s council meetings.
She is well prepared to be in a prestigious marriage but she longs for love. The Queen’s ideal match would be a prince or at the very least, an Earl. Edward, the Earl of Oxford, would make a splendid match for Mary.
He is powerful, handsome, and rich…all traits that the Queen admires and desires for Mary. However, Mary has other ideas. When she looks at the Earl, she sees all these qualities yes, but she also sees that he is cruel and she refuses to marry him.
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In the Lake District of northern England, the estranged Earl of Askew has returned to his crumbling country estate after years abroad.
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