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In the spring of 1708, a Jacobite fleet of French and Scottish soldiers attempted to land the exiled James Stewart in Scotland to reclaim his crown. Ten years later, modern author Carrie McClelland, living near Slains Castle, decides to write a novel about the event, naming her heroine after an ancestor. As she researches and writes, Carrie realizes her book is more fact than fiction. She discovers a suppressed story of betrayal and truth hidden for centuries, and that knowledge comes dangerously close to breaking her peace.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Susanna Kearsley
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