Rose of England

Mary, the youngest sister of Henry VIII, is the loveliest and most attractive personality of all the Tudors. The man on whom she set her heart was Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Brave and handsome, he had a way with women and was so well in favor with Henry VIII that they called him the `second king'. Henry, however, had no mind that his sister—the vital pawn in his continental marriage game—should marry a mere subject and disrupt his diplomatic plans. Mary knew her duty to her country, and to her brother as her King, but she knew the strength of passion, too.

Rose of England is the first in a two book series about Mary Tudor. The second is Heart of a Rose.