Full of drama and unexpected twists, events unfold in Europe at the end of the 16th century. In England, Elizabeth sits on the throne, having gathered around her Protestant supporters. In Spain, the Holy Inquisition rules. France is torn apart by war between Catholics and Huguenots. Against the backdrop of these gripping events, V. Holt builds an equally gripping and entertaining love intrigue. Two Spanish girls—one of noble birth, the other her servant, a runaway Gypsy—fiercely fall in love with a young man, the brother of a monk-Jesuit. But fate throws them into Protestant England, where echoes of the St. Bartholomew’s Night have already reached. Separation, fear, hatred, abduction—through all of these trials the heroes of the novel must go before the story opens the main commandment: “Love your neighbor…”