In 1750 Scotland, just four years after Bonnie Prince Charlie? s Rising of the Clans, it? s hard to know who? s loyal to the English and who is faithful to the Stuarts. And it? s beautiful seventeen-year-old Iona? s perilous mission to ascertain whether the Duke of Arkrae, head of Scotland? s most powerful clan, is a traitor ? or is he in cahoots with the English. The plan is for Iona to gain the trust of the Duke andhis clan by claiming to be the sister he thought to have died as achild. As all around her doubt her claim and call her a? pretender?, Iona struggles to hold her nerve. Her native wit andsteel nerves do not fail her ? but almost instantly, on meeting theimperious Duke, it? s her heart that lets her down. She? s fallendeeply, hopelessly in love! Traitor or not, surely the Duke couldnever love the Little Pretender who was sent only to ensnare him?
