When Rachel Marlowe, an actress from an aristocratic family, learns she has a African ancestor after a DNA test, she turns to Jayne Sinclair to discover the truth.
Her family have been in England since 1066, the time of William the Conqueror, and they have a family tree showing an unbroken line of male descendants.
Which one is Rachel’s African ancestor? And, more importantly, who is trying to stop Jayne Sinclair uncovering the truth?
Jayne digs deep into the secrets of the family, buried in the slave trade and the great sugar estates of the Caribbean.
Can she discover the truth hidden in time?
