Their voices dropped, and I strained to hear.

"She is a witch," whispered Lady Wingfield. "The little extra finger that she goes to such lengths to disguise -- that is surely a sign."

"I myself believe she has put a spell on King Henry!" That voice belonged to Lady Rochford, my brother George's wife.

My heart beat faster as I listened, and my anger mounted. Blood pounded in my temples, my mouth was dry as dust, and my hands were shaking. How dare they speak of me like this? I wanted to shout at them. One day I shall be queen above all of you!

Anne Boleyn was born without great beauty, wealth, or title, but she's blossomed into a captiviating young woman -- and she knows it. Determined to rise to the top, she use her wiles to win the heart of England's most powerful man, King Henry VIII. Not satisfied with the king's heart, however, she persuades Henry to defy everyone -- including his own wife -- to make her his new queen.

This engrossing novel tells Anne's fascinating story in her own voice -- from her life as an awkward girl to the dramatic moments leading up to her beheading.