The Carolina colonies in the 1690’s are the perfect place for a fugitive to vanish—or so Jared Tanner believes when he flees England to escape a charge of murder and a vengeful colonel who vows to hunt him down and see him hanged. Jared wants only to disappear, yet when he meets Felicity James, a girl in desperate need of a champion, Jared finds that even the wilds of Carolina may not offer refuge enough. To save her he must face the demons of his past and discover his own worth before it is too late…