Drumfielde, England, 1750—Under a Parliamentary Writ of Enclosure, the Duke of Lyndeforde encumbers the common land the villagers need for their livelihoods. As village lass Rorie Shelbourne plots to stop him, a mysterious, charismatic sea captain from the colonies suddenly appears on the scene to change everything. He claims to have come to conduct trade; his actions say something else. Is he friend or foe? Is he the force the Gypsy woman had warned Rorie to avoid? Is he the sword of vengeance the duke was told to expect? Navigating dangerous waters and the captain's seduction, Rorie struggles to learn the truth. In a world where nothing is as it seems, she and the captain play separate strategic games against the duke, made more complicated by the intersection of their goals. But the cat and mouse game they play with each other will have greater consequences. Read "The Homeward Heart." The games are not over in this witches' brew of illusion, intrigue, passion, and prophecy.