"Feisty orphan Pippa de Lacey lives by wit and skill as a London street performer. But when her sharp tongue gets her into serious trouble, she throws herself upon the mercy of Irish chieftan Aidan O'Donoghue. Pippa provides a welcome diversion for Aidan as he awaits an audience with the queen, who holds his people's fate in her hands. Amused at first, he becomes obsessed with the audacious waif who claims his patronage. Rash and impetuous, their...

El rey Enrique VIII se siente frustrado por sus propios fracasos matrimoniales, y castiga a un noble insolente ordenándole que se case con la vagabunda a la que atraparon cuando estaba intentando robar un caballo. Stephen de Lacey es un viudo frío y amargado, y está acostumbrado a los caprichos maliciosos y arbitrarios del soberano; para él, su nueva esposa es una inconveniencia... aunque muy atractiva. Pero Juliana Romanov no es una ladrona normal...

In 16th-century England, two teenage best friends find themselves on an exciting journey from the country to the Queen's court in the hope of being named ladies-in-waiting. But Sybille and Rose soon discover they aren't the only girls who have their sights set on attending Her Majesty. The girls must compete against worldly and cunning opponents, among them mean-girl Avis and her entourage of back-stabbing co-horts, tipping the balance in their already-tenuous...