The Bones You Have Cast Down

In 1447, Taria is swept from a convent orphanage into the glittering retinue of the duchess of Milan. Lowborn in a highborn circle, she has never felt so alone. Then the Popess card of a tarot deck carries her back 150 years to the joyous circle of a holy woman, revered in her time, mysteriously obscure in Taria’s time.The duchess, believing the journey to be visionary, orders Taria to learn more. Reviving the holy woman’s fame could bring prestige to the noble family. But Taria conceals a devastating revelation: the saint and her followers may have been executed by the Inquisition.As jealousy wrecks her romance and poisons her closest friendship, Taria shuns the present and embraces the holy woman’s circle as the family she has always craved.And the Inquisition closes in.Inspired by a true story, THE BONES YOU HAVE CAST DOWN will transport you to a medieval village and a lush Renaissance court, to long ago times not unlike our own, when the keepers of faith conspired against the faithful, and the rich and powerful embraced greed and corruption even while fostering works of artistic brilliance that are revered to this day.