Revolutionary Reckoning

An American Revolution Historical Romance between a Loyalist Bride & Rebel Spy

A Loyalist bride. A Redcoat husband. A rebel secret that could burn them both.

British-occupied New York, 1779. When practical, sharp-tongued Catherine “Kit” Harland agrees to a marriage of convenience to save her family, she expects a polite stranger and a careful life. Instead she gets Major James Ashburne—a disarmingly charming British officer who keeps the law by day…and quietly breaks it for the right people by night.

A botched public hanging, a hunted printer’s son, and a brother with too much pride drag Kit and James into a city’s undercurrent—theatres with back doors, sail lofts, hush-money ledgers, and a single candle in the window that can mean run, wait, or yes. The more they conspire, the more their tidy bargain melts into slow-burn heat…and the harder it becomes to tell performance from truth.

To protect the people who now depend on them, Kit must stake her spotless reputation. James must decide which uniform he can live with. If they choose wrong, they won’t just lose their cover—they’ll lose each other.

Revolutionary Reckoning is a Revolutionary War romance with brains, banter, and bite—a spy-in-plain-sight love story where competence is sexy, kisses taste like risk, and the happiest endings are the ones you fight for.

You’ll love this if you enjoy: marriage of convenience • loyalist-society glamour vs. grit • rebel spy hero • found family (modiste, baker, actresses, sailors) • slow burn → steamy (consent-forward) • high stakes, tender aftercare • a smart, swoony HEA/HFN in the American Revolution.