Wilhelmina
Bellingham is an ardent Tory and has two goals in her young
life: catching the rebel traitor, General Francis Marion,
and avoiding marriage to the fool to whom her father betrothed
her when she was only a babe, a man neither she nor her
father has ever met. Her first goal is within reach. Willa
knows South Carolina's swamps and byways as well as any
rebel. With judicious searching and a large dose of luck,
she will eventually catch the partisan general. Shedding
her betrothed is another matter.
Captain
Brendan Ford, a spy with Marion's patriots, stumbles across
the perfect way to infiltrate the Loyalist high command
when his half brother is killed shortly after arriving in
Carolina. Ford assumes his brother's identity as Lord Montford,
fiancé to Wilhelmina Bellingham. But his masquerade
requires he actually court her, and the untidy little wren
of a girl is not a female to inspire courtship. He is thankful
his ruse will end as soon as the patriots drive the British
from South Carolina.
Neither Willa nor Brendan are prepared for the consequences
of war or the betrayals of the heart--but will their allegiance
to outside forces keep them from the love they just might
find within each other's arms?
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