How
can you rescue what you hold most dear, when to do so you must break your vows?
1363. When Mother Angelica, the old prioress at Northwick Priory, dies, many of
the nuns presume Sister Rosa – formerly Johanna de Bohun, of Meonbridge – will
take her place. But Sister Evangelina, Angelica’s niece, believes the position
is hers by right, and one way or another she will ensure it is.
Rosa stands aside to avoid unseemly conflict, but is devastated when she sees
how the new prioress is changing Northwick: from a place of humility and peace
to one of indulgence and amusement, if only for the prioress and her favoured
few. Rosa is terrified her beloved priory will be brought to ruin under
Evangelina’s profligate and rapacious rule, but her vows of obedience make it
impossible to rebel.
Meanwhile, in Meonbridge, John atte Wode, the bailiff, is also distraught by
the happenings at Northwick. After years of advising the former prioress and
Rosa on the management of their estates, Evangelina dismissed him, banning him
from visiting Northwick again.
Yet, only months ago, he met Anabella, a young widow who fled to Northwick to
escape her in-laws’ demands and threats, but is a reluctant novice nun. The
attraction between John and Anabella was immediate and he hoped to encourage
her to give up the priory and become his wife. But how can he possibly do that
now?
Can John rescue his beloved Anabella from a future he is certain she no longer
wants? And can Rosa overcome her scruples, rebel against Evangelina’s hateful
regime, and return Northwick to the haven it once was?
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CAROLYN
HUGHES has lived much of her life in Hampshire. With a first degree in Classics
and English, she started working life as a computer programmer, then a very new
profession. But it was technical authoring that later proved her vocation,
word-smithing for many different clients, including banks, an international
hotel group and medical instruments manufacturers.
Although she wrote creatively on and off for most of her adult life, it was not until her children flew the nest that writing historical fiction took centre stage. But why historical fiction? Serendipity!
Seeking inspiration for what to write for her Creative Writing Masters, she discovered the handwritten draft, begun in her twenties, of a novel, set in 14th century rural England… Intrigued by the period and setting, she realised that, by writing a novel set in the period, she could learn more about the medieval past and interpret it, which seemed like a thrilling thing to do. A few days later, the first Meonbridge Chronicle, Fortune’s Wheel, was under way.
Seven
published books later (with more to come), Carolyn does now think of herself as
an Historical Novelist. And she wouldn’t have it any other way…
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