The Freemason's Daughter by Shelley Sackier

She is educated much more than the average female for the time period and has learned the King's English, thanks to her parents. Jenna MacDuff is a great character in The Freemason's Daughter and one of the reasons I stuck with the book. But this isn't good as it throws a wrench in Jenna's family's plans plus, what if Lord Pembroke finds out who Jenna truly is and what her family is really up to? Shelley Sackier's The Freemason's Daughter is a historical novel with a lot of promise, but unfortunately, it was just an ok read for me. For starters, Jenna meets the Duke's son, Lord Pembroke, and sparks fly. Jenna's family is planning to use this situation to their advantage, but things never go smoothly. This is ironic as the garrison is supposed to protect the Duke and his family from people just like Jenna's family. Also, Jenna and her family are Freemasons and are hired by the Duke of Keswick to build a garrison. Jenna's family are Jacobites, which means they King James is the rightful heir. Jenna's family support the exiled King James Stuart and want him to retake the British Throne. Will Jenna decide to keep her family’s mutinous secrets and assist her clan’s cause, or protect the life of the young noble she’s falling for? In Shelley Sackier’s lush, vivid historical debut, someone will pay a deadly price no matter which choice Jenna makes.' It's 18th century Scotland and it's a time of great upheaval. But there’s a covert plan behind the building of the garrison, and soon Jenna must struggle not only to keep her newfound friendship with Alex from her father, but also to keep her father’s treason from Alex. Jenna’s father repeatedly warns her to trust no one, but when the Duke of Keswick hires the clan to build a garrison on his estate, it seems she cannot hide her capable mind from the duke’s inquisitive son, Lord Alex Pembroke-nor mask her growing attraction to him. But their next job brings them into enemy territory: England.

Jenna’s small clan has risked their lives traveling the countryside as masons, secretly drumming up support and arms for the exiled King James Stuart to retake the British throne.

Saying good-bye to Scotland is the hardest thing that Jenna MacDuff has had to do-until she meets Lord Pembroke. Goodreads says, ' The Outlander series for the YA audience-a debut, full of romance and intrigue, set in early eighteenth-century Scotland.

The Freemason's Daughter by Shelley Sackier