In the winter of 1483, Francis Lovell is Richard III’s Lord Chamberlain and closest friend, but the threat of Henry Tudor’s rebels has Richard entrusting to Francis and his wife Anne his most crucial mission: protecting the young Duke Richard of York, his brother’s surviving son and a threat to Henry’s claims, and taking him to a place of safety.   Two year later, Richard III is dead, and Anne hides the boy Richard while Francis is hunted by the agents of Henry VII. In this she is aided by an ancient family relic purported to have magical protective powers. Running out of options to keep her husband and the young duke safe, Anne uses the power of the Lodestar to send them away, knowing that in doing so she will never see Francis again.   In present day, Serena Warren has been running from her past ever since her twin sister Caitlin disappeared. But when Caitlin’s bones are discovered during an archaeological excavation at loca