Deryn Lake
ASIN: B00ZABXGWS
Publisher: Lume Books
Pages: 412
1775, Boston, Massachusetts.The town is seething with unrest as it stands on the brink between war and peace. With loyalties and love stretched to their limits, the lives of Thomas Gage, his wife Margaret and his exotic young slave Sara, become inexorably intertwined.For many years, Thomas believed he did not have the time or the inclination for romance, but everything changed when he met and fell in love with the vivacious Margaret Kemble, whose hand he eventually won in marriage. Years of happiness ensued in which he rose to become the British Governor of Massachusetts.But in 1775 the ever-building tensions in the troubled state suddenly erupt into violence. Having risen through the Army ranks before meeting Margaret, Thomas has known many battles in his time. But this one - the War of Independence - is different; there are personal passions and beliefs involved. Being a British ...