REMBRANDT'S PROMISE by Barbara Leahy

1642...The Dutch Golden Age is underway, with Amsterdam at the height of its powers. Geertje, an impoverished widow, enters a melting pot of wealth and culture when she becomes nursemaid in the house of renowned painter Rembrandt. After Rembrandt's wife dies, Geertje is drawn deeper into his world. Despite her friends' warnings, she begins a passionate affair with the master of light and shadow, with devastating results. Based on a true story of love, loss, and redemption, and a wronged woman who demanded justice.