A stolen legacy. A forbidden passion. A land that never forgets. Surrey, 1785. The Bagshot Heath is a place of shifting sands and lethal secrets, where the law ends and the "Rogue of the Woods" begins. Isadora Beckinsale, the daughter of Farnham's most rigid Magistrate, has her life mapped out: a loveless marriage to the cruel Colonel Sterling and a quiet existence within the walls of propriety. But when her carriage is ambushed on the Devil's Highway, she finds herself at the mercy of Julian Vane-a man the world calls a thief, but who was once the rightful heir to the very estate Sterling now occupies.
Julian is a ghost in his own land, living by the flintlock and the blade. He took Isadora for ransom, but he didn't count on her fire. As the Redcoats close in and the gallows of Gibbet Hill beckon, Isadora must decide: return to the safety of her gilded cage, or risk everything for an outlaw who offers her nothing but the wild freedom of the heather. From the opulent ballrooms of Guildford to the treacherous "shaking bogs" of the Hampshire border, The Shadow of the Heath is a sweeping tale of vengeance, redemption, and a love that refuses to be tamed.
A stolen legacy. A forbidden passion. A land that never forgets. Surrey, 1785. The Bagshot Heath is a place of shifting sands and lethal secrets, where the law ends and the "Rogue of the Woods" begins. Isadora Beckinsale, the daughter of Farnham's most rigid Magistrate, has her life mapped out: a loveless marriage to the cruel Colonel Sterling and a quiet existence within the walls of propriety. But when her carriage is ambushed on the Devil's Highway, she finds herself at the mercy of Julian Vane-a man the world calls a thief, but who was once the rightful heir to the very estate Sterling now occupies.
Julian is a ghost in his own land, living by the flintlock and the blade. He took Isadora for ransom, but he didn't count on her fire. As the Redcoats close in and the gallows of Gibbet Hill beckon, Isadora must decide: return to the safety of her gilded cage, or risk everything for an outlaw who offers her nothing but the wild freedom of the heather. From the opulent ballrooms of Guildford to the treacherous "shaking bogs" of the Hampshire border, The Shadow of the Heath is a sweeping tale of vengeance, redemption, and a love that refuses to be tamed.
