Rebel Rose

She carries the blood of a queen and the stubbornness to match it. Mary Stuart Beaton, a descendant of Mary Queen of Scots, arrives in London with a dangerous claim: she wants her lineage recognized, her family's honor restored. But in the snake pit of Victorian high society, wanting anything so openly makes her prey. They call her the Pretendress, those who resent her lineage or envy her spirit. A powerful Member of Parliament desires her. A scorned society woman conspires against her. Even her own guardians play double games with her future. But Mary Beaton has spent her life being underestimated, and she has learned to use that to her advantage. This is a novel about the one thing society refuses to give a woman without a title: the power to define herself.