Anthony Tharret, a Reformed baker's apprentice was working for his Roman Catholic boss in the Netherlands of the sixteenth centuary. Would the Baker's Guild refuse him the right to become a journeyman baker, because he does not respect the patron saint and opposes the doctrines of the mother church? Would he still have to bake gingerbread cookies for the carnival? What would the baker say if he refused to bake them? And what about that Huguenot girl who was working for the baker's wife? What was the mystery of her life? A historical novel about a boy and a girl who find their love and unity in Christ in a time of war and Church struggles.