The Sheen on the Silk is an epic historical novel with a heart-stopping love story at its core, and a deep spiritual quest.

It is January 1793, and revolutionary France is at war with Belgium, Prussia and Austria and Louis XVI has just been sentenced to death. The public believes justice will be done, but there are those who realise that his execution will bring about even greater disaster.   Célie’s life has changed and she is reduced to working for the secretive Monsieur Bernave, who is determined to rescue the King.  But four days before the execution, M. Bernave is found murdered...

It is June 1792 in Paris, three years after the start of the Revolution.  The city is hungry for justice, for bread, and for vengeance – and so is Célie.  Employed in the household of the celebrated Mme de Staél, she leaves her baby each day in the care of her friend Amandine, but when the child dies, and Célie’s own plot is almost perfect – nothing is as it seems...