THE SERIES:

No Quarter II takes the war north along the Hudson. But before it can get to Albany, it starts out west on the shores of the Wînipekw, or to Remy Ducharme, thirty-three, year old Coureurs de bois who is running for his life, it is the Hudson Bay. The second book in the No Quarter series introduces more characters beyond Ducharme. There’s the Ranger Fletcher Abernathy with a Pennsylvania long rifle and so keen an eye the Chaughnawaga call him Teyonashén:ri — "The One Who Sees Too Well.” Fletcher is smitten by the woman in red—Eleanor—who is as short as he is tall. In New York, Margaret is taken in by the plight of a dock slave Caesar and his common-law wife Priscilla. But Margaret is never far from trouble as the Duke of Newcastle and Lord Fox plot to eliminate her while scheming to recoup their losses. At the same time, a curmudgeon city official takes offense to a woman running a business. That leaves the French heiress Simone Sévigné who has a habit of watching the shipyard for the comings and goings of…well everything.

No Quarter III:

1757 is a difficult year for the British. Leadership is failing, Cicatrix and the highwaymen are becoming evermore aggressive attacking supply lines aiding the French. There are several attempts on Margaret’s life and even her son forcing her to go on the defensive. If she cannot reach all the way to London and Newcastle, perhaps she can strike at syndicates contacts in the colonies…Cowman. But his mysterious death only creates more questions. After Caesar’s brutal death at the hands of the New York magistrate, Priscilla decides to seek retribution in her own way. Margaret’s gaming club is off to a great start earning more than she expected. Combined with her military contract, she’s beginning to become quite a powerful figure in New York. Tragedy isn’t far away, however, with the fall of Fort William-Henry. It will see the loss of several characters and drive one to push away from the war and retreat into solitude.

No Quarter IV—1758:

In desperation, Henry Fox commissions privateers to seek out The Bonnie Lass and sink her. As the The Mark of Lerna smuggling syndicate collapses. The catastrophe at Minorca as a result of ordinance being shipped to New York instead of to Admiral Byng brings about his court martial and execution. Also, the murder of another key figure on a London street exposes the smuggling cabal delivering a vote of no confidence to Newcastles’ government. As his hold on his position erodes by the minute he has one last card to play. The most deadly assassin in their fold is sent to eliminate Margaret White once and for all. Daireann discovers she’s a widow when her forced marriage to a Quebec nobleman ends mysteriously. However, she now falls under the “protection” of Bigot, the lustful intendant of New France whose mistress Angélique des Méloizes sees Daireann nothing more than a maid. Caleb confronts Oakley and his fragmented band of highwaymen in a decisive engagement. Daniel returns from London but not before news of a suspicious murder reaches New York. Margaret must somehow smuggle him into the colonies and develop an alibi to save his life. Her only means, the French spy, Simone Sévigné.

No Quarter V—1759:

Wàka, having followed the “fire-hair” trail to Quebec spies Daireann on the parapets of the city. At last, she will have to chance to confront the demons that took her Maxk from her back on the blood soaked field at the Monongahela. Caleb, sent to scout for Wolfe and map the trail smuggled out of the city by Captain Stobo. Caleb recognizes Daireann’s hand and what looks to be scribbled edge is actually an embroidered message. The path is a narrow, steep passage leading up to a lightly guarded expanse known as the Plains of Abraham. The British navy, blockading the city with unrelenting bombardments have driven many of the French to abandon their homes for Montreal. Angélique des Méloizes insists on getting away from the continuous noise and debris and wants her servants—including Daireann—to accompany her. But Daireann steals away hiding in the servants passages. Once her mistress is gone she searches through the gowns for clean clothes discovering the gold buckles. Made by Caleb, found by Oakley, stolen by Annance, traded for by Ducharme only to then sell in Quebec where Bigot bargains for them as a gift for his mistress but des Méloizes thinks them beneath her and tucks them in a drawer, forgotten about. In New York, the syndicates assassin burns Margaret’s warehouse to the ground and threatening to murder her and her son. With no other choice, Margaret challenges the killer to a duel—a knife fight onboard a neutral ship in New York harbor. Now, as the British army takes the field on the Plains of Abraham for the decisive battle that will determine the outcome of the war for American, Daireann wears the buckles Caleb intended for her back in 1754, just as she is confronted by Wàka. And Margaret meets her match.