Rowan Garth — Catherine Darby

Young, beautiful, and descended from the royal Tudor line, Rowan Garth leaves her home at Pen Tan in Wales to travel to London to seek her fortune. At Court she learns the folly of pitting her wits against the King, but her marriage to a Spanish nobleman and the arrival of a shepherd from the valley, give her the opportunity to pursue her own destiny. Set in the Welsh mountains and in London during the Wyatt rebellion, this is the story of an extraordinary woman who founded a dynasty without counting the cost.