Serve & Obey
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She was the woman everyone overlooked until a king glanced her way!
Arriving at court in 1528, country girl Jane Seymour is quickly swept into theological debate of the King of England's "Great Matter."
Siding with the Spanish Queen, Katharine of Aragon, against the alluring and provocative Anne Boleyn, Janes loyalty to her mistress is rewarded only with exile and redundancy. Until an influential kinsman offers to restore her back to her former position, under the new Queen Anne. But what are his motives? And what is the price that Jane must pay?
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