But was their meeting by chance, or part of a plan devised by her father for the furthering of his family?Īs the new romance blooms, it causes heartache for the queen and headaches for the king’s personal chaplain, Cardinal Wolsey, who once worked on behalf of the kingdom to organize diplomatic talks, but now toils to obtain the Church’s approval for the king’s divorce. The matter is of extreme urgency, as the king desires an heir and has just met the woman who holds his destiny Lady Anne Boleyn, eighteen and in the flower of youthful beauty. Troubled by religious unrest in his kingdom and changing alliances with other countries, weighing most on King Henry VIII of England’s mind is his impending divorce to Queen Katherine of Aragon. The King, the Queen, and the Mistress (With: )Ī king torn between two women could lead to a kingdom torn. She couldn’t utter a word or marshall a single coherent thought.’A very stern, very masculine archangel.’ Sister Josefina sighed. ‘Tall, dark, and as beautiful as an archangel.’Bella couldn’t move a muscle. ‘Can’t you guess?’Mystified, Bella shook her head.’An Englishman.’Bella froze. You have a visitor!”A visitor? Who?’ In eight years, Bella had never had a visitor. She was the youngest and prettiest of the nuns, merry and lively and dedicated to her vocation. ‘Isabella,’ Sister Josefina repeated as she entered the door. Life isn’t a fairy tale.”Isabella Ripton,’ said a voice from the doorway. I won’t stay here, waiting forever for someone to rescue me. What will you do? How will you support yourself? Who will protect you? It’s dangerous ”I will support myself, ‘ Bella said. ‘I’m leaving anyway.”I don’t believe you. ‘Nobody is coming for me, Paloma.’ Bella glanced at Sister Beatriz, who was still asleep, and said in a lowered voice. Here’s a short excerpt:’I’m leaving the convent.’ Bella’s announcement was followed by a stunned silence. Now those dreams have withered and Bella is taking charge of her life… She waited like a princess in a tower dreaming of her prince for eight years. He placed her in a convent school, and left.
Lieutenant Ripton, tall, dark, and as beautiful as an archangel.
At the age of thirteen, in the middle of a war, Isabella was saved from a forced marriage to a man she hated when handsome young English Lieutenant Luke Ripton married her.
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