Traitor
by David Hingley
February 1665. With winter passing, Mercia Blakewood is at last headed back to England from America, hoping to leave behind the shadow cast by death and heartache. She expects a welcome from the King considering her earlier, mostly successful, mission at his behalf, but the reception is hardly warm. More manipulation lies ahead and Mercia must accept a clandestine and uncomfortable role at the heart of the royal court to find a spy and traitor.