Set in medieval France at the time of the Great Plague, witchcraft and the Inquisition, the novel finds Abbess Marie Francoise locked in a torture chamber, a fi... » 

Set in medieval France at the time of the Great Plague, witchcraft and the Inquisition, the novel finds Abbess Marie Francoise locked in a torture chamber, a fiery death awaiting her at the stake. Brother Michel arrives to take her confession, but upon meeting her he is overwhelmed with desire. «