The Wise Woman (P)

Alys escapes the crushing poverty of life on the moors by seeking refuge in a nunnery, leaving behind her foster mother, Morach, the enigmatic wise woman who raised her as an outcast. But Henry VIII’s ruthless reformers soon destroy her sanctuary, forcing Alys into the service of a powerful noble family. Summoned to the castle as the old lord’s scribe, she becomes entangled in a perilous obsession with his son, Hugo—a man bound by marriage to the elegant Catherine.

As her forbidden desires spiral into desperation, Alys turns to the dangerous spells and dark knowledge Morach once taught her. But the powers she invokes take on a terrifying life of their own, unraveling the fragile balance between love, jealousy, and vengeance.

In a world where heresy means the stake and witchcraft the rope, Alys finds herself walking a razor’s edge between faith and forbidden magic. As passions ignite and secrets unravel, her choices could lead to freedom—or destroy her and everyone she loves.

Philippa Gregory delivers a tale of obsession, betrayal, and the perilous cost of power in Tudor England, where faith and feminine strength collide in a storm of unrelenting danger.