Coll MacGregor has returned to his home at Glenroe in Scotland with his close friend, the English Lord Brigham Langston, the Fourth Earl of Ashburn. The two have pledged their allegiance to the cause of replacing a Stuart king on the throne to reign over England and Scotland. Both Jacobites, they have come to Scotland to rally the clans in support of their plan to prepare for war under their beloved Prince Charles Edward Stuart. Langston's Grandmother, Mary MacDonald instilled in her grandson a strong sense of justice, making Brigham honor-bound to fight for the Stuart throne, unjustly usurped by the German Hanoverians. Marrying Coll's sister, the hot-headed Serena, and going to battle in Scotland, Brigham Langston must face the loss of his title, his home and Serena's home, and ultimately makes the decision to take his new family to the new world.

When Brigham first...