Lies and Promises

Even as the British prepare their invasion, Martine Jolliet drives her maid's attacker out into the streets of Quebec. She gets unexpected help from a handsome, scarred trapper. Her father, a local official, offers Dominic Charteris lodging in gratitude, but Martine soon offers her heart and hand. The attacker, part of a cabal headed by senior government officials, instigates a cascade of arrests, vicious attacks, corruption, and murder that start Martine and Dominic on the trail of high-level graft. Only the arrival of the British across the river with their ships and cannon could be more unnerving. After Dominic's second arrest, Martine engineers his escape, only to find him turning up again in a most unexpected place.