Annie Garthwaite

Cecily Wife. Mother. Politician. Traitor. Fighter. Survivor. Rebellion? The word is a spark. They can start a fire with it, or smother it in their fingertips. She chooses to start a fire. You are born high, but marry a traitor's son. You bear him twelve children, carry his cause and bury his past. You play the game, against enemies who...

Ruthless. Devoted. Ambitious. Triumphant. This is war as women fight it. 1461. Through violent war and great sacrifice, Edward IV has won England's coveted throne. Cecily, having piloted her family's rise to power, stands beside him as the nation's first King's Mother. But competition is ferocious, and Cecily has met her match—three other women, driven by ambition, necessity, and fear,...

Ruthless. Devoted. Ambitious. Triumphant. Who will be the last woman standing? 1461. Through violent war and great sacrifice, Edward IV has won England's coveted throne. Cecily, having piloted her family's rise to power, stands beside him as the nation's first King's Mother. But competition is ferocious, and Cecily has met her match—three other women, driven by ambition, necessity, and fear,...