'You mean you will let us have novels?' asked the taller one, who must be Jannetje. But at Harenwyck she discovers that politics and virtue do not always align as she expects…and she must choose between two men with a shared past and conflicting visions of the future. Since then, Anna has vowed to see the patroon system swept aside along with British rule. Years ago, she was Annatje, the daughter of a tenant farmer who led an uprising against the corrupt landlords and paid with his life. Until, that is, he waylays the carriage of beautiful young finishing school teacher Anna Winters…Īnna is a committed Rebel with a secret past and a dangerous mission to secure the Hudson Highlands for the Americans.

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. The British control Manhattan, the Rebels hold West Point, and the Dutch patroons reign in feudal splendor over their vast Hudson River Valley estates. Manhattan and the Hudson River Valley, 1778.

But at Harenwyck she discovers that politics and virtue do not always align as she expects…and she must choose between two men with a shared past and conflicting visions of the future.įrom Penguin NAL.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.

The Dutch Girl by Donna Thorland