Bunce, Elizabeth C

Upon the death of her father, seventeen-year-old Charlotte struggles to keep the family's woolen mill running in the face of an overwhelming mortgage and what the local villagers believe is a curse, but when a man capable of spinning straw into gold appears on the scene she must decide if his help is worth the price.

Digger, a pickpocket, lands in jail and shares a cell with Lord Durrel Decath who is accused of murdering his wife. When she is released, she utilizes her skills as a thief, forger, and spy to examine the case against Durrel, but the closer she gets to finding the truth, the more entangled she becomes in a web of secrets, masks, and lies.

In a kingdom dominated by religious intolerance, sixteen-year-old Digger, a street thief, has always avoided attention, but when she learns that her friends are plotting against the throne she must decide whether to join them or turn them in.

Upon the death of her father, seventeen-year-old Charlotte struggles to keep the family's woolen mill running in the face of an overwhelming mortgage and what the local villagers believe is a curse, but when a man capable of spinning straw into gold appears on the scene she must decide if his help is worth the price.