The Highland Thistle

The year is 1584. Scotland is on the brink of civil war as the Earl of Arran, King James VI's despised Lord High Chancellor, is branding scores of Highlanders as rebels and traitors simply for opposing his unpopular policies. Finally pushed too far, several Highland lords rise up in actual rebellion, gathering an army to confront him - and the king. Amidst this tumult, Highlander Arabella Fraser and her fiancé, Duncan Campbell, set sail on the merchant ship The Thistle on a voyage to France for their wedding. Pirates attack and overwhelm them, dragging Duncan to another vessel but keeping Arabella on The Thistle. Their destination: the slave markets of the Barbary Coast! Now, Arabella must make a desperate attempt to not only free herself, but find and rescue her betrothed as well.