Painted faces and dignified wigs hide deadly secrets. Can a woman fighting for hope overcome a tangled web of politics and insurrection? Wonderful historical fiction! Great accuracy and detailed research, with a full-blooded, gripping story running (and sometimes leaping) from page to page. Excellent read-and even better, the beginning of a series! - Diana Gabaldon England, 1742. Beth Cunningham loves her simple existence. But left penniless...