A Game of Shadows

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Can she keep her family safe?Devoted wife and mother Valerie Whitfield is torn between two centuries. Born in twentieth-century America, Valerie once believed her adventuring days were over when she settled down with her husband, Alec, in colonial Virginia. But when her grown-up children become embroiled in dangerous affairs, Valerie faces unimaginable challenges.Her beloved daughter, Louisa, has fallen in love with a dashing rogue and now knows a secret that could ruin her and tear the family apart. Meanwhile Valerie’s son, Finn, is risking his life as a spy in the American Revolution, a war that Valerie knows will shape the course of history – but which could also claim the lives of those she holds most dear.Valerie faces a terrible should she use her knowledge of the future to try to protect her children, even if it means altering the course of history? Can she find a way to reconcile her modern sensibilities with the harsh realities of seventeenth-century life? And through it all, can she be true to herself and her own heart’s desires?