An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here. Morgan Pendray is a career soldier, a Welshman serving in the English Parliamentary army sent to invade Scotland. Hannah Kincaid is a Royalist spy who spirits away Scotland's crown jewels from under Cromwell's nose. Is it love that blossoms between them, or a deadly game of cat-and-mouse?

There are no secrets that time does not reveal. Sarah is the daughter of a man who signed the death warrant of Charles I, a secret she must keep from the man she finds herself drawn to. Munro is a Scot from a staunchly royalist family. He is determined to discover why Sarah refuses to acknowledge the alchemy between them. Once revealed, will the secret destroy them?

The escaped assassins who kidnap Jewel Pendray must never find out her father was responsible for their capture. Having recently eluded execution in Holland for a crime he didn’t commit, Garnet Barclay seeks to avoid trouble at a time of religious turmoil in Scotland. However, how’s a man named Garnet supposed to ignore the plight of a woman named Jewel?

Gray Pendray has worked in Edinburgh as a spy for the Scottish Privy Council for three years. When the Earl of Argyll foments an uprising against the king, Gray returns home to infiltrate the rebel army. Faith Cameron is the daughter of a man executed for treason and a mad mother who took her own life. Fostered into the Pendray family, she has longed for Gray's return, though she realizes she isn't a suitable match for the son of a noble family. Gray is immediately drawn to Faith whom he discovers has grown into a beautiful and courageous young woman—but he has made commitments to the daughter of his mentor in Edinburgh. Can love find a way to overcome the divide between them and triumph over the dangers and betrayals of a rebellion?

When swans mate, they mate for life. Doctor Ambrose Pendray finds himself agreeing to travel into the Highlands to treat wounded Jacobite rebels. He ends up having to amputate the arm of a rebel betrothed to Eala Calhoun, a woman he is instantly attracted to. Eala (Gaelic for Swan) has been forced into the betrothal. Ambrose draws her like a lodestone, but his honor demands he do everything he can to save his patient's life. Dr. Pendray must save his patient's life, though it means losing the woman he loves. An abridged version of this story previously appeared in the 12 Days of Christmas in a Highlander's Arms collection.