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Expertly recreating the social and politics upheavals of late medieval Europe, acclaimed publisher Candace Robb introduces a fresh series starring Kate Clifford, a woman forged on the warring north marches of 14th-century England. Politics unrest permeates York at the cusp of the 15th hundred years, as warring factions take attributes on who ought to be the rightful king - Richard II or his estranged, powerful cousin in exile, Henry Bolingbroke. Independent-minded 20-year-old Kate Clifford is battling to seek out from under the debt left by her later husband. Determined to find a way to be secure in her own prosperity and establish her freedom in a male-dominated society, Kate changes one of her properties near to the minster into a guesthouse and sets up a business. In a very dance of ability, she also silently rents the discreet bedchambers to the prosperous, powerful vendors of York for nights with their mistresses. However the brutal murder of any mysterious visitor and the disappearance of his associate for the evening threatens everything Kate has built. Before others around hear word of any looming scandal, she must call upon all of her hard-won survival skills to save lots of herself from spoil.
