Crowning Mercy

In a country at war; a secret inheritance reveals a dark conspiracy … On a sunlit afternoon in seventeenth-century Dorset; a young girl falls in love with a stranger. But when her Puritan brother tries to force her into an unbearable marriage she flees; taking with her only the gift left to her by her unknown father; a gold pendant sealed by an engraving of an axe; and the words: St Matthew. One of four intricately wrought seals – each holding a secret within – it can; when combined with the other three; bring great wealth and power. This power is her true inheritance – but it's a perilous legacy others will kill for …