R E K. (bigstone) - , reviewed on 10/2/2011 + 1442 more book reviews

It is well to read Grave Goods before reading this one to understand the culprit who is trying to murder Adelia. She has been commissioned by King Henry to accompany his daughter, Joanna, to Sicily as she is to marry William II of Sicily. To assure that she will return to England he has sent Adelia's daughter to live with the queen. Now someone is setting Adelia up to destroy her reputation, murdering as he goes.

Adelia finds herself once again in deep trouble as she travels with Joanna's company. Her friends believe that someone is out to kill her but she has yet to find out who and why. Her mule is poisoned, a man is killed, and a woman murdered - all of whom have felt Adelia's outspoken frustration and anger. Now she is locked up with four others and all are deemed heretics. It may mean being burned at the stake. Will she ever see Rowley or Allie again?

Escaping from imprisonment, the group travels quickly by night and little used pathways to Spain where they stay with a lovely Spanish woman named Fabrisse and Adelia forms a friendship as close as sisters. When the rescuer returns he brings gravely ill Joanna. Adelia performs a risky operation saving her life and Joanna continues her trip. Adelia's group travels quietly to Italy to attend Joanna's wedding and Adelia has a reunion with her parents. Following the wedding, she flees for her life with assassin and friends close behind. It's an exciting ending that leaves us wondering what will happen next.

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