Charles and Anne Wind Compass: A Howard Family Story

Forced into an arranged marriage for Anne's protection as teenagers, Anne Capel and Charles Howard are legally married, but they don't even like each other. Later, when Anne's rebellious activities get her in trouble with the Court of King James II, they are forced to flee England for Holland. Set during England's Glorious Revolution, Charles and Anne are swept into dangerous political waters as England teeters between absolute rule and a constitutional monarchy.As King James II's rule pushes the country toward confrontation, Charles is drawn into a dangerous network of noblemen working to secure England's liberties and Protestant succession. Anne, meanwhile, discovers that influence can travel through drawing rooms and private letters as effectively as armies across a battlefield.Their efforts will carry them from England to Guernsey and the Netherlands, through betrayal, loss, and the gathering storm of the Glorious Revolution. But as the stakes rise, Charles and Anne discover that they do not always agree on what duty requires. Charles believes his first responsibility is to protect his family. Anne believes that those with power have a responsibility to protect people they may never know.Between them lies a question neither history nor love can answer easily: When the right path comes at a terrible cost, how do you find the courage to take it?Charles and Anne Wind and Compass is a clean historical fiction novel inspired by the lives of real people, weaving family, love, faith, political intrigue, and moral choice into the turbulent events surrounding England's Glorious Revolution of 1688.