A Fire in Their Hearts
by Philip Paris· 2025
Transporting readers into a forgotten, bloody part of Scotland's history, The Fire in Their Hearts follows Violet and Samuel, two Covenanters banished to Barbados to work on a plantation when further tragedy strikes threatening to separate them forever.
SCOTLAND, 1662.
Hunted, held prisoner and banished for a belief...
As civil war rages and King Charles II tightens his grip on the Church of Scotland, childhood sweethearts Violet and Samuel are swept into a violent struggle for religious freedom. They pledge their hearts to each other - and to a cause that will test their faith, courage and love beyond measure.
Hunted as rebels, imprisoned behind the walls of the infamous Greyfriars Kirkyard and torn from their homeland, Violet and Samuel are sentenced to a life of indentured servitude on the brutal sugar plantations of Barbados. But when their ship wrecks off the coast of Orkney, they become separated.
Alone and captive in a foreign land, Violet must summon every ounce of strength to survive the horrors she faces - and to cling to the hope that Samuel is still alive. Can love endure across oceans, through wars and captivity?
A Fire in Their Hearts is a tale of love, faith and survival, inspired by the true events of the seventeenth-century Killing Times.
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Transporting readers into a forgotten, bloody part of Scotland's history, The Fire in Their Hearts follows Violet and Samuel, two Covenanters banished to Barbados to work on a plantation when further tragedy strikes threatening to separate them forever. SCOTLAND, 1662. Hunted, held prisoner and banished for a belief... As civil war rages and King Charles II tightens his grip on the Church of Scotland, childhood sweethearts Violet and Samuel are swept into a violent struggle for religious freedom. They pledge their hearts to each other - and to a cause that will test their faith, courage and love beyond measure. Hunted as rebels, imprisoned behind the walls of the infamous Greyfriars Kirkyard and torn from their homeland, Violet and Samuel are sentenced to a life of indentured servitude on the brutal sugar plantations of Barbados. But when their ship wrecks off the coast of Orkney, they become separated. Alone and captive in a foreign land, Violet must summon every ounce of strength to survive the horrors she faces - and to cling to the hope that Samuel is still alive. Can love endure across oceans, through wars and captivity? A Fire in Their Hearts is a tale of love, faith and survival, inspired by the true events of the seventeenth-century Killing Times.