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Arabella ‘Bel’ Horden, a crafty and spirited thirteen‑year‑old, is haunted by a fire she started that leads to the execution of an innocent English deserter. Sent to boarding school in Yorkshire for further unruliness, Bel matures into a sharp‑witted woman. Nathaniel ‘Nat’ Wilson, beset by illness, finds his twin brother falsely accused and executed for the same blaze. Branded by his mother to avenge the miscarriage of justice, Nat turns to study at Cambridge to escape her demands. Years later, Nat returns to Northumberland, determined to confront the Horden family responsible for his brother’s death. As a second Scottish invasion throws the region into upheaval, Nat and Bel’s intertwined fates surface—testing whether love can prevail over the cycle of vengeance.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Prue Phillipson
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