Serpent and the Rose

Eleanor of Ashton is a country girl, a free spirit who'd rather be on her family's farm than at Queen Elizabeth's court. But her parents insist, so she arrives at the royal palace, finding a world of shallow women, cunning men, and a suffocating pretense she despises.Among them is Lord Robert, a charming and ambitious second son, a favorite of the Queen. He accepts Elizabeth's lavish gifts not for...