Anne matures into a beautiful and daring young woman, who manages to manipulate everyone around her. Her bold escapades are thrilling and further the course of events that will take her to her destiny.  The excitement, romance, intrigue, and betrayal make a provacative backdrop for this galvanizing story.  Anne’s sexual awakening is inevitable, but she is determined to guard her virtue at all costs and avoid the lot that befell Mary.  Anne corresponds regularly with her beloved brother, George, and dangerously imparts court secrets to him, as ordered by her father.

I have always been fascinated by this period in history, and the fate of the wives of Henry VIII, but this is a chapter in the life of Anne Boleyn that I had not previously discovered.  Robin Maxwell's research is impeccable and her storytelling skills are faultless as she tells the exciting story of the young Anne Boleyn and her road to fame. This is my first Robin Maxwell novel, but it will certainly not be my last.  I'm so glad I discovered her fabulous writing.