The Drop of the Dice

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Publication Year:
2013

ISBN-13: 9781480403741

<DIV><b>A young woman tries to move beyond her shadowed legacy, but finds her heart divided and her loyalty challenged</b></div><DIV><BR>Clarissa Field never knew her mother, but hears whispers that she was a notorious <i>femme fatale</i>. Unknowingly, the girl follows her mother&rsquo;s passionate path and loses her heart to Jacobite rebel Dickon Frenshaw. But 1715 England is a dangerous place to be a young woman in love. Dickon is caught and exiled to Virginia, and Clarissa is married off to rakish soldier Lance Clavering.</div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>Caught between two men, Clarissa must navigate a hotbed of scandal, treachery, and betrayal. As civil strife threatens to ignite revolution, Clarissa is accused of being a spy. She faces a terrible choice, and must transform her life to prepare her daughter, Zipporah, for her legacy. &#160;</div>