Shalisha James-Davis

Will believes his wife Rosalind is innocent of their son's suspected murder, only to discover the devastating truth behind her past links her to another unsolved crime.

A violent street brawl between their rival families is the prelude to Romeo’s first encounter with Juliet. Despite this, and the fact that Juliet has been promised to another man in marriage, they fall in love. But any plans for their future happiness are cruelly destroyed by renewed violence between the two families – and while the adults remain almost comically preoccupied with their own affairs, among their children a hidden tragedy begins to unfold.

0歳でスコットランド女王、16歳でフランス王妃となったメアリー・スチュアートは、未亡人となった18歳にスコットランドへ帰国し王位に戻り、女王エリザベスⅠ世が統治する隣国イングランドの王位継承権を主張する。恋愛、結婚、出産を経験し、若く美しく自信にあふれたメアリーに複雑な想いを抱くエリザベス。誰よりも理解し合えたはずの孤独な若き女王たちは、従姉妹でありながら恐れ合い、それぞれ陰謀渦巻く宮廷の中で運命に翻弄されていくのだった…。