In 1612 Lancaster, England, the hunt for witches has reached a fever pitch…But in a time of suspicion and accusation, to be a woman may be the greatest risk of all.Fleetwood Shuttleworth, the mistress of Pendle Hill’s Gawthorpe Hall, is with child. Anxious to produce an heir, she is distraught to find a letter from her physician that warns her husband she will not survive this pregnancy.Devastated, Fleetwood wanders the estate grounds, where she catches a young woman poaching