Autumn 1615. A huge scandal shakes the court of King James I. Celebrated couple Robert and Frances Carr are thrown into the Tower. The charge: poisoning and murder. The victim: Robert's best friend. And someone has to pay for the misdeed. Who is guilty, who has more to lose, and who is telling the truth?

FRANCES
she fled her abusive first husband into Robert's arms and decided to start a new life. At any cost...

ROBERT
a nobody became the most powerful man in England. But on the way to the top, one makes many enemies...

Frances knows that the truth can kill.
Robert knows he can get away with a lie.
However, none of them realizes that they are being poisoned by love...