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Theauthorwho"masterfullybuildsadramaticstory"presentsanothergrippingnovelofthewomenofTudorEngland.Asthebereft,orphanedcousintotheill-fatedAnneBoleyn,KatherineHowardknowsbetterthanmanythedangerofbeingfavoredbytheKing.ButsheisaHoward,andthereforeambitious,sosheassumestheroleHenryVIIIhasassignedher-hisuntouchedchildbride,hisadoredfifthwife.Butherinnocenceisimagined,thefirstofmanyliesshewillhavetotelltogainthethrone.AndthepaththatshewilltreadtodosoisonefraughtwiththesamedangersthatcostQueenAnneherhead.