Catriona

David Balfour survived the kidnapping, the shipwreck, and the flight through the heather, and now, in this sequel to Kidnapped, he faces something more dangerous than any of it: the law. An innocent man is about to hang for the Appin murder, and David is the one witness who could save him. But the government wants its conviction, powerful men want David silenced or charmed out of the way, and testifying could cost him his neck.

Into this walks Catriona Drummond, the grey-eyed daughter of a magnificently untrustworthy Highland rogue, and David (brave against muskets, hopeless against women) is lost at once. Stevenson threads political conspiracy, a daring rescue, and one of his tenderest love stories through the Scotland and Holland of 1751. Fans of Kidnapped will find the same swift storytelling, now with higher stakes and a warmer heart.

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