Nos encontramos en el año 1796, Periodo Regencia. Cathleen Adams, a sus dieciséis años, es una joven que ha pasado su vida en la primorosa aunque aburrida aldea de Bibury, en el condado de Gloucester. Su padre, George, es maestro tejedor y descendiente de algunos de los seguidores de Cromwell. Poco a poco, la muchacha aprende el oficio de su progenitor.
Llega el mes de mayo, y George ha de partir a Burford para vender sus lanas, hilos y paños en el mercado que cada primavera se celebra en el pueblo. Cathleen decide acompañarle.
Es entonces, sin habérselo siquiera imaginado, cuando conoce al advenedizo y encantador Mordecai Sedley, bisnieto del célebre Anthony Sedley, uno de los trescientos cuarenta soldados que se negaron a cargar contra los irlandeses en 1649. Mordecai tiene, por tanto, la sangre de un rebelde.
Pero tampoco ha de olvidar que Cathleen no es una mujer cualquiera. Cathleen es una tejedora.
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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