The Traitor's Wife - Kent, Kathleen
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In the harsh wilderness of colonial Massachusetts, Martha Allen works as a servant in her cousin's home, taking charge of the neglected household and locking wills with everyone around her - including a mysterious Welshman who works for the family, a man whose forceful nature matches her own.
Thomas Carrier is known throughout New England for his immense strength and height, and as Martha discovers pieces of his past, and his role as a soldier in the English Civil War, her fascination of him grows. But in the rugged new world they inhabit, danger is ever present, near and far. In London,…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
In the harsh wilderness of colonial Massachusetts, Martha Allen works as a servant in her cousin's home, taking charge of the neglected household and locking wills with everyone around her - including a mysterious Welshman who works for the family, a man whose forceful nature matches her own.

Thomas Carrier is known throughout New England for his immense strength and height, and as Martha discovers pieces of his past, and his role as a soldier in the English Civil War, her fascination of him grows. But in the rugged new world they inhabit, danger is ever present, near and far. In London, King Charles II is assembling a crew of assassins to capture or kill the man who executed his father.

As the threat of the assassins draws closer, Martha and Thomas' relationship deepens and grows, and Thomas suddenly has everything to lose. It seems that even in the remotest parts of New England, he cannot be free from the haunting legacy of his past.
Autorenporträt
Schon lange beschäftigten Kathleen Kent die Geschichten über ihrer Urahnin Martha Carrier. Aber erst als die Brokerin der New Yorker Rohstoff-Börse 1991 beruflich viel nach Russland reisen musste, fand sie auf den langen Flügen endlich die Zeit um an ihrem Romanprojekt zu arbeiten. Doch ihre Russlandaufenthalte hatten auch einen tragischen Nebeneffekt: Nach siebenjähriger Arbeit in dem stark von Tschernobyl verstrahlten Weißrussland erkrankte sie schwer. Die folgenden Jahre waren vom Kampf gegen die Krankheit geprägt. Doch Kathleen Kent hatte sich fest in den Kopf gesetzt, für ihren Sohn die Erinnerungen an Martha Carrier niederzuschreiben. Das Schreiben hatte eine so tröstende und heilende Wirkung auf sie, dass sie mit Abschluss der Tochter der Ketzerin voll genesen ist und nun ihre Veröffentlichung in den USA, Großbritannien, Italien, Spanien, den Niederlanden und Deutschland genießen kann.