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England, 1643The Civil War has created a great divide between those who support King Charles and those who would rather see his head on the block. Young Scot Colin Blackburne finds himself caught in the middle when he witnesses Parliamentarians murder his mother because of his father's allegiance to the king. As further punishment, the family is sent to Yorkshire as indentured servants.Mistreated by his Puritanical overseer and harassed by a Parliamentarian soldier, Colin vows to take up arms for the king and seek vengeance against the men who killed his mother. The only bright spot in his life is his unexpected--and forbidden--friendship with his master's daughter, Emma Hardcastle.With her father constantly away on campaign and her mother plagued by madness, Emma is drawn to Colin and his brother, Roddy.  She introduces them to their troubled neighbor Alston Egerton, who has a clandestine relationship with Stephen Kitts, the soldier out for Colin's blood.As they all become entangled in a twisted web of love, jealousy, desire, and betrayal, the war rages on around them. Resentful at being forced into servitude and forbidden from being with the woman he loves, Colin puts his plan for vengeance into motion, though it will have disastrous consequences for all of them.While secrets are revealed, relationships are torn apart, and the country teeters on the brink of ruin, Emma fights to survive, Alston is forced to confront his demons, and Colin must decide where his allegiance lies and whether his burning desire to fight for justice is worth sacrificing a future with the woman he loves.

In 1788, exactly one hundred years before Jack the Ripper terrorizes the people of London, a sexual miscreant known as the London Monster roams the streets in search of his next victim…Thomas Hayes, having lost his mother in a vicious street assault, becomes an underground pugilist on a mission to rid the streets of violent criminals. But his vigilante actions lead to him being mistaken for the most terrifying criminal of all.Assistance arrives in the form of Sophie Carlisle, a young journalist with dreams of covering a big story, though she is forced to masquerade as a man to do it. Trapped in an engagement to a man she doesn't love, Sophie yearns to break free to tell stories that matter about London's darker side—gaming, prostitution, violence—and realizes Tom could be the one to help. Together, they come up with a plan.Straddling the line between his need for vengeance and the need to hide his true identity as a politician's son becomes increasingly difficult as Tom is pressured to win more fights. The more he wins, the more notoriety he receives, and the greater the chance his identity may be exposed—a revelation that could jeopardize his father's political aspirations and destroy his family's reputation. Sophie is also in danger as hysteria spreads and the attacks increase in severity and frequency. No one knows who to trust, and no one is safe—Tom included, yet he refuses to end the hunt.Little does he realize, the monster is also hunting him.

Scotland, 1692.  To escape a brutal winter storm, King William's regiments descend on the small village of Glencoe.  Caitriona Cameron, the tacksman's daughter, cannot forget her unpleasant encounter the last time English troops appeared. She senses the army's arrival might not be as innocent as it seems, but her warnings go unheeded.  Not even MacIain, the MacDonald clan chief, listens.  After twelve days of billeting in the villagers' homes, the soldiers attack, committing one of the greatest atrocities in Highland history.Cait escapes the assault with the help of Sergeant Edward Gage who is accused of being a traitor for not taking up arms against the MacDonalds. Edward is hunted by his debauched half-brother, Alexander, who stands to lose everything if King William attaints their father for his treasonous past deeds. With bad blood between them, Alexander sets out to capture Edward to prove his loyalty and save himself from ruin.Cait and Edward travel to Edinburgh to confront the men they suspect are behind the attack, unaware that Alexander is headed there as well. Although Cait is convinced the chief of Clan Campbell is responsible, Edward suspects something much more sinister—that the orders came from higher up, possibly even from the king himself.As accusations of betrayal, deceit, and treason abound, they are all trapped in a web of intrigue and danger, but not everyone will escape.  ***Contains some sexual content, assault, and violence