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The acclaimed author of Mistress Firebrand and The Turncoat continues "her own revolution in American historical romance"* with another smart, sexy, swashbuckling novel set during the American Revolution.Manhattan and the Hudson River Valley, 1778. The British control Manhattan, the Rebels hold West Point, and the Dutch patroons reign in feudal splendor over their vast Hudson River Valley estates. But the roads are ruled by highwaymen. Gerrit Van Haren, the dispossessed heir of Harenwyck, is determined to reclaim his inheritance from his decadent brother, Andries, even if that means turning outlaw and joining forces with the invading British. Until, that is, he waylays the carriage of beautiful young finishing school teacher Anna Winters ..
About the Author
A native of Bergenfield, New Jersey, Donna graduated from Yale with a degree in Classics and Art History. For many years she managed architecture and interpretation at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, and wrote and directed the Witch City's most popular Halloween theater festival, Eerie Events. She later earned an MFA in film production from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Donna has been a sorority house mother, a Disney/ABC Television Writing Fellow, a WGA Writer's Access Project Honoree, and a writer on the ABC primetime drama, Cupid.
The director of several award-winning short films, her most recent project, The Night Caller, aired on WNET Channel 13 and was featured on Ain't It Cool News. Her screenwriting credits include episodes of the Disney XD animated series, Tron: Uprising; WGN's historical drama, Salem; and Hallmark's, The Good Witch. Currently she is a producer on the forthcoming Netflix drama, Sabrina.
Donna is the author of four highly acclaimed historical novels from Penguin New American Library and four urban fantasy novels from Pocket, writing as DL McDermott. Her short fiction has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and Albedo One.
She is married with two cats and divides her time between Salem and Los Angeles.
You can visit Donna at www.donnathorland.com.
