The Waiting GameEvery Tudor Queen had ladies in waiting. They were her confidantes and her chaperones. Only the Queen's ladies had the right to enter her most private chambers, spending hours helping her to get dressed and undressed, caring for her clothes and jewels, listening to her secrets. But they also held a unique power. A quiet word behind the scenes, an appropriately timed gift, a well negotiated marriage alliance were all forms of political agency wielded

adventurous and wonderfully written' Alix E

Pyke ruffles the feathers of some powerful people

drunkenness and sexual license have all but destroyed the spirituality of its inhabitants

But any plans to follow him are dashed when a handsome stranger with tell-tale magician's marks on his arms commandeers her ship under cover of darkness: He is Prince Leander of Alinor

Now the world faces a new age of conflict driven by religious fanaticism

and even - somehow - wit from the well of American history

and hilarious

along with many others

I am my own woman

'A subtle study of love and sex' (Saturday Review)

Deep in a remote Norwegian forest

Her identical twin Katie is her exact opposite: gregarious and spontaneous