The Virgin's Debt

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Tatiana March. The Virgin's Debt

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Scotland, 1540

Katrina McLeod fled an arranged marriage, decreed by King James of Scotland, to a man with a fearful reputation, only to find herself on trial for her life! Accused of witchcraft, her salvation lies in the hands of brooding nobleman Duncan Rothmore….

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She heard the odd halting footsteps again, and the clanking of an iron poker against the hearth as someone stirred the dying embers. Another log landed in the fire with a thud, and tendrils of acrid smoke began to drift around the room.

The women finished the task of disrobing her and stepped aside. Katrina opened her eyes. Holding her head high, she focused on the picture of the Christ on the cross that hung on the wall above the heads of her tormentors. Her mouth tightened with bitterness. By now, she’d lost all illusions of the glory of martyrdom.

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