The Apostate's Tale

AN APOSTATE'S SINS...As the nuns of St. Frideswide's priory prepare for the welcome end ofLent, their peaceful expectations are overset by the sudden return oflong-vanished Sister Cecely. Nine years ago she fled from the nunnerywith a man. Now her lover is dead and she has come back, bringing herillegitimate son with her.She claims she is penitent, that she wants only to redeem her sin andfind a safe haven for her child. By the law of the Church, neither shenor the child can be turned away, but their presence begins to stirdoubts and questions in the hearts of some of the nuns about their ownfaithfulness to the enclosed life they live. However, these doubtsbecome the lease of the problems Dame Frevisse must confront when herworldly troubles follow Sister Cecely and her son into the nunnery,pursuing her out of the life she claims to have left behind.Contrite Sister Cecely may be -- however much Frevisse may doubt it --but truthful she is not, and as the apostate nun's lies begin toovertake her, dangers of more than one kind become an unwanted part oflife in the priory."Overflowing with atmospheric details that make the complex historical setting come alive for modern readers..." - BookLoons