Publishers Weekly

Bestseller Gregory captivates again with this expertly crafted historical about the beautiful young Virgin Queen, portrayed as a narcissistic, neurotic home-wrecker. As in her previous novels about Tudor England (The Queen’s Fool, etc.), Gregory amasses a wealth of colorful period detail to depict the shaky first days of Elizabeth I’s reign... readers addicted to Gregory’s intelligent, well-researched tales of intrigue and romance will be enthralled, right down to the teasingly tragic ending.