For young Jillian Bowen, life is already rife with danger. As she helps her father minister to the sick in a countryside full of highwaymen and hooligans - with Lord Cromwell's sinister agents hiding in the shadows - fear is her constant companion. Then a daring rapscallion loyal to the deposed Stewart monarch insinuates himself into her life, and her timidity is quickly replaced by fiery resentment. But the handsome Cameron Smith is no common rabble-rouser. He's a fallen nobleman, out to restore his family's honour - and on a mission to secure an escape route for the king. Slowly, as the roguish nobleman reveals his brazen courage and iron will, Jillian finds her anger turning to something closer to desire. And when Cameron falls into Cromwell's clutches, she finds herself facing her fears, and fighting for her king... her country... and her love...
