Rosalind Laker
ASIN: B01D4ZRIXY
Publisher: Lume Books
Pages: 177
Few women have gone to war more defiantly and courageously than Scotswoman Ellen Sinclair. After fleeing her cruel mother, a neurotic, self-proclaimed invalid and her strange cousin, she scandalously disregards her father and follows her heart in love. The injustice of local witch trials have left a dark shadow and the tragic demise of her stern but loving nurse, Jenny, have made her determined to follow her own path. Witnessing the loveless marriage of her parents, naïve Ellen seeks out passionate relationships with no thought about the practicalities, leaving a trail of tragedy and disaster in her wake.When she meets Captain George Sinclair, she falls deeply in love and steps briefly into history in 1612 during the Kalmer war, when Denmark and Norway were united against Sweden, and Scottish mercenaries were raised to fight for the Swedish king. Ellen, in the last month of her ...