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A Story of Secrets, Sacrifice, and the Search for Freedom

Foisted onto an unwilling aunt as a refugee from the French Revolution, Elisabeth’s life is only made bearable by her cousin Lucy. Despite being given all the advantages of an only child, Lucy cares for Elisabeth like a sister.

They enjoy a carefree childhood in the Scottish Highlands, with their good friend Billy from the local village.

But everything changes on Elisabeth’s eighteenth birthday.

She is given a letter which changes her life. Elisabeth discovers she has a twin brother and wants to look for him.

Her aunt has other ideas. She has high expectations of Lucy, but the best Elisabeth can hope for is to become a governess.

At the eleventh hour, a suitor appears on the horizon, which resolves Elisabeth’s immediate problem.

But is then that Elisabeth’s life takes an unexpected turn. Lucy falls ill and is sent to Switzerland for treatment, in a sanatorium close to Elisabeth and Felix’s honeymoon chalet.

Lucy’s suitor is called to her bedside, despite being in the middle of covert negotiations with Britain’s enemy, France.

As a fluent French speaker, Elisabeth volunteers to step in to help so that he can stay with Lucy.  As well as rescuing the Earl’s mission, she now has the chance to search for her brother.

But danger lurks at every twist and turn. Nowhere is safe. Thrown into a chaos of subterfuge and tragedy, Elisabeth must not only negotiate her way to safety but play a key role in the country’s future.