The Drop of the Dice: The Song Of The Siren, The Drop Of The Dice, And The Adulteress (The Daughters of England #8)

By: Philippa Carr

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Synopsis: The Jacobite Rebellion sets the stage for a deadly love triangle—&“This sweeping story . . . provides some twists along the way&” (A Love So True). Clarissa Field never knew her mother, but hears whispers that she was a notorious femme fatale. Unknowingly, the girl follows her mother&’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. 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.