Revenge On The Sister's Husband

‘Take My Heart’ by Marie Higgins is a clean historical romance that takes place during the American Revolutionary War in 1764. This is the first of three books. You can read one, but if you want to read two or more, they should be read in order. There is a particular character that is introduced in the first book, goes on to the second book, and then finally is the main character in the third book.

Mercedes Maxwell is a widow who had recently received a message from her twin sister Katherine Braxton to come immediately. When she arrived at the Blackwood Asylum in New York, she found that apparently her sister had gone mad. Two years ago Katherine entered into a quick marriage to someone Mercedes never met because she was grieving the loss of her own husband with her in-laws in England at the time. Kat tells of how bad her husband was to her, and Mercy believes every word because of her own bad marriage. Kat makes Mercy swear to go to Philadelphia and do what she can to have William arrested and locked away for good. When she journeys to Philadelphia she ends up face to face with William and he believes that she is his wife! Apparently Kat never told her husband that she was a twin. But why is William calling her Kat, but his children are calling her Mercedes?

William Braxton doesn’t know what to do with his wife any more. She has run off so many times, that maybe it would be better if she never returned. But of course she always returns when she’s run out of money again. But some thing’s different about her. She’s actually being nice! She isn’t yelling at his kids, or flirting with every man in town either! She says she’s different, but can he really trust her or is this another trick? He has his good friend and servant, Gabriel Lawrence, keep an eye on her as usual. Even Gabe notices that she’s acting strange.

William and Gabriel are members of secret organization called the Sons of Liberty, which is working toward the goal of freeing America from British rule. Mercedes’ former husband worked at finding spies against England and having them put away. She figures that she can use her husband’s name to get her access to that power once she has the info on William, so that her sister Kat can be free of her cruel husband. But what if Kat lied? What if there’s more going on than she knows? Can she figure everything out in time, before the wrong people get hurt?

There’s some action and some suspense in this story. Toward the end of the story, you will be holding onto your seat until the very end. It’s a great book and wonderful for better understanding what people had to go through before the Revolutionary War. I would say it’s for ages 14+. It comes in e-book format.