In 1612 Lancaster, England, the hunt for witches has reached a fever pitch...
Ultimately it raises the question: Was witch hunting really just women hunting?.
Set against the real Pendle witch trials, this compelling novel draws its characters from historical figures as it explores the lives of seventeenth-century women.
Only they know the truth.
With both their lives at stake, Fleetwood must prove Alice\'s innocence.
The witch trials are about to begin.
Time is running out.
And Alice soon stands accused of witchcraft.
Even woodland creatures or Familiars are thought to be dark companions of the unholy.
But a witch-obsessed frenzy sweeps the countryside.
Alice Gray claims she is a local midwife and promises to help Fleetwood deliver a healthy baby.
Devastated, Fleetwood wanders the estate grounds, where she catches a young woman poaching.
Anxious to produce an heir, she is distraught to find a letter from her physician that warns her husband she will not survive this pregnancy.
Fleetwood Shuttleworth, the mistress of Pendle Hill\'s Gawthorpe Hall, is with child.
But in a time of suspicion and accusation, to be a woman may be the greatest risk of all.
In 1612 Lancaster, England, the hunt for witches has reached a fever pitch..
