I'm really looking forward to this one - thanks to Wendy/windysisters, I have now "got into" Joanne Harris in a big way, or at least her darker ones, so I got this one in a swap a few months ago. It sounds like it will be right up my street as I really loved Gentlemen & Players. [quote...

Set in the seventeenth century, this is the tale of a circus entertainer who, when she is betrayed by her lover and put in great danger by his actions, seeks refuge with her daughter in a remote abbey. All seems well until a new abbess arrives with the heroine's ex-lover in tow, now posing as a cleric...