Inviolate

<p>Yorkshire 1813</p><p><br></p><p>Numb after the pain of an intolerable betrayal 19 year old Alexandra Broughton turns to her only source of hope - an arranged marriage. Resolutely accepting this as her last chance to make a future for herself she journeys to Scotland to face the unknown.</p><p><br></p><p>Although Alex makes every effort to settle into her new life she struggles to suppress the memories of her lost lover's passionate yet faithless embrace and remains haunted by a fleeting and impossible love affair. </p><p><br></p><p>For Alex this is a time of growing; a coming of age where she turns to her husband in a desperate effort to carve out a life with him and just as it seems that contentment is within her grasp disaster strikes. </p><p><br></p><p>As the war against Napoleon reaches a crescendo Alex discovers a web of deceit that slowly unravels long-held secrets to reveal the true meaning of treachery. </p><p><br></p><p>Trapped in a loveless violent marriage and with nothing left to lose Alex embarks on a fight for survival. Battling the irresistible forces ranging against her she remains bound to the one man she can never forgive - the one man above all others she can never forget.</p>