The Freemason's Daughter by Shelley Sackier

Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Will Jenna hide her family's mutinous plot and assist her clan's cause, or protect the life of the young noble she's falling for In Shelley Sackier's lush, vivid historical debut, someone will pay a deadly price no matter what Jenna chooses. But there's a covert plan behind the building of the garrison-a secret that cannot be revealed. Jenna's father repeatedly warns her to trust no one, but when the Duke of Keswick hires the clan to build a garrison on his estate, it seems she cannot hide her capable mind from the duke's inquisitive son, Lord Alex Pembroke-nor mask her growing attraction to him. But their next job brings them into enemy territory: England.

Jenna's small clan has risked their lives traveling the countryside as masons, secretly drumming up support and arms at every stop for the exiled King James Stuart so that he may retake the British throne. Saying good-bye to Scotland is the hardest thing that Jenna MacDuff has had to do-until she met Lord Pembroke. Although the characters are appealing and well drawn, this doesn't redeem the work.Hardcover. An educated, spunky, yet poor heroine a brooding, aristocratic hero and an intriguing and suspenseful setting should make this a worthy romance, but the slow pacing of the beginning and the rapid conclusion leave readers with a very mixed bag. Though the protagonist is empowered, the character development is heavy-handed. They will, however, tire of the constant reminder of how unusual it is for a girl, especially one of Jenna's station, to be educated. ALSO BY SHELLEY SACKIER Dear Opl e Freemason's Daughter e. Though readers are told that the heroine is in danger, they likely won't feel it until the very abrupt end. For the past twenty- ve years, SHELLEY SACKIER has devoted her efforts toward creating a. Jenna has doubts about her family's strategy, especially in light of the feelings she has for the duke's son, Lord Pembroke, and the danger to herself and her family. In addition to building the garrison, the Freemasons have covert plans to use it to their advantage. Ironically, Jenna and her makeshift family of Freemasons are hired by the Duke of Keswick to build a garrison to protect his household from themselves and other Jacobites. Gr 7 Up-Jenna MacDuff is the only child of the Scottish leader of a group of Freemasons who must flee Scotland for England to hide their support of the exiled King James Stuart.

The Freemason's Daughter by Shelley Sackier