She knew he was mad in love with her and ready to give her the moon and the stars”). “You look like your stallion.’ ‘That’s exactly how I feel-rampant!’-) or to her initiation into the enwilding joys of cunnilingus with the devilishly besotted Shrewsbury (“Her laugh was sultry. On Bess’s deflowering by William Cavendish (“ ‘Oh my God, she murmured with breathless admiration. Henley’s faithful know what to expect: rapid storytelling, high passions, rich description, and no stinting on bedtime thrills.
But reckless passion drove Bess into the arms of George Talbot, the devastating Earl of Shrewsbury, whose wicked daring ignited in Bess the passion of a lifetime-even as it sparked the jealous interest of the most perilous ally of all: the Virgin Queen.Henley’s 16th dish of romance (A Year and a Day, 1998, etc.) tells of commoner Bess Hardwick’s life from ages six to forty as she rises from poverty to become Queen Elizabeth’s lady-in-waiting and to make a spectacular marriage to the richest lord in England, all the while taking full advantage of the period’s sexy freedoms. Newly crowned Queen Elizabeth bade her marry courtly Sir William St.
Frail, adoring Robert Barlow offered a marriage she couldn't refuse. None more dangerous than Princess Elizabeth, who made Bess friend, confidante, then lady-in-waiting in her own glittering court.ĭangerously seductive, William Cavendish, the king's dashing financial adviser, vowed to have Bess at any cost. So the headstrong beauty set out for London and the Tudor court, the arena for the richest, most ambitious men, none more powerful than the four men who would claim her.
Young Bess Hardwick knew that the only way to escape a commoner's life was to serve in a noble family and marry well. Sweeping us into glittering, intrigue-riddled Elizabethan England, bringing to vivid life an actual heroine in the queen's court, New York Times bestselling author Virginia Henley blends rich historical detail with sumptuous romance in her latest novel-a dazzling feast of romantic fiction.
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