In 1715, the Earl of Nithsdale is sentence to be beheaded for his part in the doomed Jacobite rebellion for Scottish independence.
In 1978, Jane Maxwell is plagued with doubts about her engagement. When tragedy leaves her fiance Will near death, Jane's guilt makes her determined to save him... somehow.
On a desperate and dangerous quest to find some answers, Jane finds herself trapped in the past. Convinced that saving Nithsdale will also save Will, Jane embarks on a daring plot to rescue the Earl from the Tower of London.
Past and present become entwined in a gripping race against time, and both will be changed by one woman's determination.
Fiona McIntosh is an internationally and million-copy bestselling author of novels for adults and children across several genres,including fantasy, historical fiction and her popular Detective Jack Hawksworth series. Fiona roams the world for her research and lives between Adelaide in South Australia and Wiltshire in England.