Scotland 1750. Four years before the Jacobite rebellion under the fabled Bonnie Prince Charlie had been squashed by an English general nicknamed Butcher Billy Cumberland. In the aftermath Cumberland swept across Scotland, burning, looting and hanging men indiscriminately. Thousands were exiled, including James MacLonan. Now James has the opportunity to return to his beloved Highlands, but his pardon comes at a cost: he must marry the daughter of an English officer. Headstrong and independent, Thea Tilton is contemptuous of the respectable gentlemen of eligible society. Her heart is falling for James, but he is a rebel, the enemy of her country and her king. Can her heart overcome the objections her mind is making? Pretender’s Games was first published by Leisure Books in 1999.