City of Ladies (Book #2 of The Cross and The Crown Series) Author: Sarah Kennedy Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery Publisher: Knox Robinson Publishing Release Date: 2014 Pages: 326 Source: This book was given to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: It’s midwinter in 1539, and former nun, Catherine Havens Overton, has just given birth to her second child, a daughter. The convent in which she was raised is now part of her husband's lands, lands that once belonged to Catherine's family. With a son, Robert, and her new daughter, Veronica, her life as the mistress of a great household should be complete. But Henry VIII’s England has not been kind to many of the evicted members of religious houses. And in order to protect her old companions from the hostilities, Catherine has gathered about her a group of former nuns in hopes of providing them a chance to serve in the village of Havenston, her City of Ladies. Cath...