Dark Rose

Volume 2 in the Morland Dynasty series. Set in the reign of Henry VIII, The Dark Rose is the story of Paul, the great-grandson of Eleanor Morland, and of Nanette his niece, and of the inviolable bond which grows between them. Paul, the inheritor of the Morland estates, has two sons-Amyas, from his arranged marriage, and Adrian, illegitimate but much loved. Conflict between the two sparks a bitter jealousy, a conflict which carries with it the seeds of destruction and death. At court, Nanette has become maid-in-waiting to the King's new favorite, Anne Boleyn. Nanette adores her vivacious young mistress, one of the most romantic figures in British history, and is witness to her poignant development from beautiful, pleasure seeking young girl into a woman capable of dying a noble death. In this powerful saga of birth and death, love and hatred, personal triumph and heartbreak, the might of a proud Dynasty increases as, against the rich backcloth of a tumultuous era, the Morlands aspire to still greater wealth and prestige.