The Vanished Days

Scotland is still recovering from the disastrous Darien expedition eight years prior when Queen Anne's commissioners begin paying out those that participated and their survivors. Lily, a young widow, submits a claim to collect her husband’s wages but it’s challenged and Adam is called to investigate the marriage claim. With only days to get to the bottom of the issue, he must figure out the truth, no matter how much he’s drawn to Lily. Set in 1707 with flashbacks to 1683, Kearsley takes us through the Jacobite quest and the new Union with England, with suspicion and intrigue on every corner. (This is a prequel to The Winter Sea but, while you might see some familiar names, there’s no need to read that one first.)