by Christine Dorsey

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Keegan MacLeod reluctantly leaves London and his life of debauchery when his clan summons him back to Scotland. The year is 1745 and Keegan’s father wants Keegan to stand with the MacLeod’s to fight for the Jacabite cause. But the battle of Culloden is a disaster for the Scots from the beginning. Keegan’s brothers are killed and his father wounded. Keegan hands over his swords when a British officer promises his father will be protected. But instead his father is killed and Keegan is jailed and sentenced to hang. He uses his time in goal to nurture his hatred of his English betrayer, made all the worse because Keegan had felt a kinship with Foxworth Morgan.

Keegan escapes the noose, and though the prudent course of action would be to sail for France, he finds the Battle of Culloden has changed him, reminded him that he is a Scot with responsibilities to his clan. But before leaving for the Highlands he will avenge his father.

Lady Zoe Morgan has lived the life of an invalid since a childhood illness. Her parents dead, her brothers usually away, Zoe is looked after by a nurse who has her convinced of her frailness. Zoe is shocked when a wild Scot breaks into her London home and demands the whereabouts of her brother Foxworth. Determined to save her brother with her life, Zoe is shocked when the Scot takes her hostage, leaving word for Foxworth Morgan to come to his sister’s rescue in Scotland.

As they begin their arduous journey, Keegan questions his decision to bring Zoe with him. Though she appears healthy enough to him, she is constantly assuring him that she can eat nothing but the simplest broth and she will die soon. But with each passing day, Zoe finds herself gaining strength. She also realizes she must escape to warn her brother. She does escape when they reach the coast, but falls into the hands of a notorious smuggler.

Keegan’s fist reaction is to let her go, but chivalry gets the best of him. He did bring her to this place. But during his attempted rescue, he too is captured. Both Keegan and Zoe, now being held for ransom are in the hold. They begin to see that they have to depend upon each other for survival. There is also a deepening desire between the two.

When they reach Scotland, the smuggler’s boat crashes against the rocky coast, and Keegan and Zoe escape. As they make their way to Castle MacLeod, Keegan meets members of his clan who have taken to the hills and returned to the glens to forage for food. He decides to gather remaining members of his clan at Castle MacLeod even though his land has been confiscated by the English and is now owned by an absent landlord.

As what’s left of Keegan’s clan gather and begin making a life for themselves, Zoe becomes part of their efforts and feels a deepening love for Keegan. But English soldiers attack and the clan is forced again into the hills. When her brother who has been sent to Scotland to capture the renegade captures Keegan, Zoe is forced to make a difficult decision. She assists Keegan with his escape. But Keegan can see that there will be no holding out against the English. He sends a message to Lord Morgan, offering to give himself up in exchange for his clansmen leaving Scotland. He doesn’t tell Zoe he won’t be going with them until the day the sloop is to take the clan to the New World. But it is Zoe who arranges for all the MacLeods, including herself to leave.

This first in THE RENEGADE, REBEL AND ROGUE trilogy, follows three men, a Scot, Irishman and Englishman who cross paths on the battlefield of Culloden, but who also share a link that transcends time.

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