When Bree finally succeeds in getting her son back, she fears that she may never see Roger again, knowing that he won't stop looking until Jem is found even though the boy isn't there. But thinking that they took Jem to the past, Roger sets out through the stones with his ancestor Buck, searching for Jem there. Bree frantically searches for her missing son, Jem, who was kidnapped by men hell-bent on finding the cursed Jacobite gold, of which only Jem and Jamie know it's location. Jamie and Claire's only solace is that their daughter Brianna and her family are safe in 1980, but little do they know that Bree and Roger's lives are also in a state of turmoil. As all of them grapple with their respective emotional upheavals, they also become embroiled once again in the Revolutionary War, which will prove dangerous for them, placing at least one of their lives on the line. Meanwhile, Jamie's nephew, Ian, declares his intention to marry Rachel, a young Quaker woman, which could prove difficult given their differing views on violence and the fact that Rachel and her brother, Denny - who is engaged to John's niece - were read out of their Quaker meeting, leaving them with no spiritual home in which to marry the people they each love. But before that happens, Jamie's illegitimate son - John's adoptive son - William Ransom finally realizes, much to his dismay, who his biological father really is, an event that sends his emotions careening down a slippery slope as he searches for a new sense of self.

Upon arriving in Philadelphia, he discovers that in his absence, his good friend, John Grey, has married his wife, Claire, leading to a confrontation between the two men. In 1778, Jamie Fraser has just returned from being presumed lost at sea along with his sister, Jenny, an assumption that left his family in turmoil. Evernight Teen Summer Kick-off Blog Hop.Cosmo Red Hot Reads from Harlequin Launch.

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