The first book of the "In the Shadows" dilogy written by Anne Morion.The story is set in England, during the period of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and his marriage to Anne Boleyn.Miss Alienor Norton and Miss Brigid Guise have known each other since the cradle. Brigid is a modest girl and obedient to her father’s will. Her destiny is to marry the man she is pointed to. The beautiful Alienor, daughter of a royal councillor, is filled with ambition and lust for power. When news of King Henry the Eighth’s divorce from Queen Catherine reaches the Norton Castle, Alienor does everything she can to become lady in waiting to the new Queen Anne Boleyn.
