When Dona Magdalene d'Ortega was summoned to take her place next to Nicholas Tregarron, Queen Elizabeth's envoy, at dinner with King Philip of Spain, little did she guess that her days of innocence were numbered. Soon she would be caught up in the nightmare of the Inquisition, and accused of witchcraft and heresy. Tregarron was prepared to disobey his Queen to save her, but what would he demand in return? When Dona Magdalene learnt the true nature of his mission, would she turn from him in hatred?