I’ll not ask you to be mine … I will never seek to blunt the fury in you, never, and will honour your will as my own.What say you? Can you be a soldier’s wife? New England, 1673. Martha Allen, a young woman reviled by her family because of her refusal to marry, is packed off to be a servant in her cousin’s home.She takes charge of the neglected household and annoys everyone around her – including a mysterious Welshman who works for the family, a man whose forceful nature matches her own.As they both gradually let their guard down, a fragile, uneasy friendship grows between the pair. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, a band of assassins, driven by the will of Charles II, charter a ship to the New World.They have a single aim: to capture Thomas Morgan, the killer of Charles I, and bring him back to London where he will face an excruciating death.The Royalists want to see his head on a spike outside the Tower of London. As Martha begins to fall for the tall Welshman, he reveals a little of his past.It soon becomes clear that his life is in grave danger.As the threat of the assassins grows closer, can Martha find it in herself to be a traitor’s wife?Praise for The Heretic’s Daughter ‘Absolutely compelling’ Daily Mail ‘A very fine novel … a remarkably accomplished telling of a truly shocking tale’ Daily Express