Two aristocratic, English women are abducted from London and secretly spirited aboard a derelict convict ship that is bound for Jamestown, Virginia in 1775. Lady Quillian Fenn and Lady Caroline Whitmore are to be illegally sold as indentured servants once they reach the colonies.

Recently betrothed, Quillian wants more than anything to return home to her fiancé, Captain Adrian Whitmore. Quillian and Adrian's mother, Caroline, endure with great courage and a growing faith in God, the voyage that nearly claims their lives.

They arrive just as a growing rebellion amongst the colonists is about to be unleashed. Christine Shrauger Trent grew up in rural upstate New York in the foothills of the Alleghany Mountains and transplanted to Georgia many years ago.

She plays the violin and paints with oils. She loves the Rocky Mountains, the Gulf Coast of Florida, West Highland White Terriers, and family.

Now a widow, she recently moved to North Carolina to live near her daughter and grandkids. You can follow her on Instagram@stonecottagehearth and Facebook@m.

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