Publisher's Synopsis
July 1625, Barbary pirates sail into a quiet Cornish bay and kidnap 60 men, women and children, to be sold into slavery in Morocco. Amongst them is Catherine, a talented young embroiderer. But Cat is anything but the compliant slave her captors were expecting... In an exclusive restaurant, Julia Lovat is given an antique book of Jacobean embroidery that delights her, but when she settles down to read it, she discovers the diary of a young Cornish girl, calling to her from across the centuries...
