Returning to his home on Guernsey--from which he had been sent away as a child after his mother was burned as a witch--Helier L'Eree abducts Marguerite, daughter of the man responsible for his mother's death, and seeks refuge with Cardinal Richelieu in France.
This book is part of the Devil Helier L'Eree Trilogy Books series and is book #1 in the series.