"Narrator Nadia May is excellent as she takes on the royal entourage, but she is extra charming
portraying Ursula as a clever, witty, sharp-tongued woman who has an eye for the gentlemen! The characters
sparkle as May imbues them with the language and speaking manner of a significant and distinctive historical
period."AudioFile

Rumor has linked Queen Elizabeth I to her master of horse, Robin Dudley. As gossip would have it, only his ailing
wife, Amy, prevents marriage between Dudley and the Queen. To quell the idle tongues at court, the Queen
dispatches Ursula Blanchard to tend to the sick woman's needs. But not even Ursula can prevent the "accident"
that takes Amy's life. Did she fall or was she pushed? Was Ursula a pawn of Dudley and the Queen?

Suddenly Ursula finds herself at the center of the scandal, trying to protect Elizabeth while not losing her heart to
a Frenchman who may be flirting with sedition against her Queen. As she sets out to find the truth, she can trust
neither her lover nor her monarch, alone in a glittering court that conceals a wellspring of blood and lies.