From Publishers Weekly

Set during the Jacobite rebellion of the mid-1740s, Canham's latest details the events leading up to and following the battle at Culloden, where the English battled Bonnie Prince Charles's rebel Scots.

Although Angus Moy has vowed that he wouldn't lead his people in their rebellion against England, his spirited wife, Anne, defies him by joining the rebels and becoming the colonel of his clan. Regardless of the obvious physical intimacy the two share, Anne's loyalties rest firmly with Scotland while Angus remains faithful to the crown for reasons he won't reveal.

Through lush and earthy prose, Canham depicts the simplicity of Highland life and the brutality of war with vivid accuracy, and infuses her characters with vitality. Readers who think that the setting of a novel should function merely as decorative wallpaper may be disappointed by the amount of space Canham devotes to historical events, but those who long to immerse themselves in another time and culture will appreciate this meticulously detailed tale.

Few women are as devoted to the cause of independence as Prince Charles's Belle Rebel. Married and desperately in love with her husband, Laird Angus Moy, Anne still defies him and the English king to fight to reinstate the prince on the throne.

For his clan's sake, Angus pledges his loyalty to England and though he and Anne are in opposition politically and on actual battlefields their love hardly wavers. Tested by the harshest betrayals, bitter hatreds and brutal battles, these star-crossed lovers survive even the most horrible conflagration of them all, Culloden.

The power of this remarkable story is palpable and more thrilling because so much is true. You'll see, hear, smell and taste everything Anne experiences, from sizzling passion to danger, pain and disappointment. Here is a triumphant story that thrills, excites and stimulates readers with its sheer power and emotional intensity. Kudos to Ms. Canham!
Kathe Robin, Romantic Times