"She's a beautiful baby," Thomas Seymour said to his brother and sister-in-law, Edward and Isabella. Ten-month-old Jane Seymour looked up at her uncle with her round blue eyes and gurgled at him. "Thank you," Isabella said with a smile. "Smart as well," Edward added with a grin. "She knows perfectly well that you're talking about her." "Lately I've come to the conclusion that it's about time I settled down myself," Thomas announced. "Alas, there seems to be a shortage of available and desirable women at court." "You haven't met my friend Katherine Parr yet, have you?" asked Isabella. "I've been meaning to introduce you to her. I just know you'd like her." Edward and Isabella arranged to have Thomas and Isabella over for dinner together one night the following week. The introd

