Lady Cavalier

the long version

Young, wilful Lady Verity Raynham suddenly finds her life in turmoil as Civil War erupts. Her long-planned betrothal to Matthew Whitworth is forbidden when his support for the Roundheads is revealed. Then, reluctantly. Verity must stay at Linwood Grange as her brothers ride off to join the Royalist army. But when the family home is captured by the vengeful Whitworth, Verity escapes in a daring flight for help. Enlisted as a Royalist spy, Verity dons the guise of a young soldier, revelling in the chance to prove her fencing skills. And when Rorke Markenville, the darkly handsome comrade of Prince Rupert, is captured by Whitworth, Verity takes on the task of rescuing him. For despite the Cavalier’s arrogance and suspicion of Verity, she cannot deny the powerful emotions he evokes in her . . . --cover