The Passion of Dolssa | Julie Berry

Julie Berry
The Passion of Dolssa
Penguin

"Gorgeous and evocative . . . magnificent."--The New York Times Medieval France: Dolssa is an upper-crust city girl with a secret lover and an uncanny gift. Branded a heretic, shes on the run from the friar who condemned her mother to death by fire, and wants Dolssa executed, too. Botille is a matchmaker and a tavern-keeper, struggling to keep herself and her sisters on the right side of the law in their seaside town of Bajas. Their lives collide when Botille rescues a dying Dolssa and agrees to conceal her in the tavern. Aided by her sisters and Symo, her surly but loyal neighbor, Botille nurses Dolssa back to health and hides her from her pursuers. But all of Botilles tricks, tales, and cleverness cant protect them forever, and when the full wrath of the Church bears down upon Bajas, Dolssas passion and Botilles good intentions could destroy the entire village.