Itzabella
Charlotte Gales has always known her duty. As the daughter of a British colonel in besieged Boston, she's expected to marry well, support the Crown, and never question the path laid out before her. When Captain Phillip Cornwall-a controlling officer with aristocratic connections-receives her father's blessing to propose, Charlotte's future seems sealed.
But a chance encounter in her garden changes everything.
Benjamin Moore is a shipwright turned Continental Army soldier, in Boston on a dangerous intelligence mission. Posing as a carpenter, he's supposed to remain invisible, gather information, and leave. The last thing he needs is the colonel's daughter noticing him-or worse, making him question everything he thought he knew about the enemy.
As rebellion tightens its grip around Boston and Charlotte's wedding day approaches, stolen conversations in the garden become stolen moments of genuine connection. Benjamin sees the brilliant, questioning woman beneath the dutiful daughter. Charlotte discovers that freedom-both personal and political-might be worth any price.
But when Charlotte's secret is exposed, she must make an impossible choice: accept the cage of her predetermined life, or risk everything-family, position, even her life-for love and liberty.
In a city torn between loyalty and revolution, two people from opposite sides will discover that the heart recognizes no borders, and that true freedom demands the greatest sacrifice of all.