Book description
1689: the Restoration enabled the Morland family to restore their own
fortune, but now the Jacobite rebellion brings another threat to their
security. Annuciata Morland, fiercely loyal to the Stuart cause, follows
her beloved king, James II, into exile. She leaves her gentle grandson,
Matt, to oversee Morland Place in her absence. Without her wise
presence, Matt finds himself in an arranged marriage to India Neville
and at the mercy of a woman as heartless as she is beautiful. After a
lonely and sheltered life he lurches between the exquisite pain of love
and the torment of deep despair. When James III - the Chevalier -
returns to claim the Stuart throne, the Morlands are reunited in one
country. Death and defeat threaten them, but their loves and loyalty
prove stronger than kingly ambitions. Cynthia Harrod Eagles won the
Young Writers Award with THE WAITING GAME. She has written over sixty
books, including thirty three volumes of the Morland Dynasty and the
acclaimed mystery series featuring Inspector Bill Slider.
