The hangman waited at journey's end

Anstey Fraser, a proud and loyal young Scotswoman, had been charged with the murder of an English officer. Now she was being escorted to the Tower of London--and certain death.

During the long journey south, Anstey kept up a brave front, openly defying her English captors.

Yet gradually, barely aware of what was happening, she began to feel a strange fire burning in her heart--ignited by the one man who stood for everything she despised!