Loyalty and Deceit

About the Book

Paul C. Colellas literary endeavor is the sequel to his first book Patriots and Scoundrels: Charity's First Adventure. In the sequel, two years have past since young Charity Chastine's arrival to post-Revolutionary War America and she continues struggling to find her place in American society among the privileged and common classes with their sorrows and joys, stories and secrets.

Plot Overview

Charity is involved with a gallery of individuals she has named patriots and scoundrels who have lured her into a web of deception, deceit, and treachery. As she tries to separate the heroes from the villains, she becomes entangled in the desperate search for a hidden treasure and a priceless diamond while being stalked by a mysterious stranger and haunted by the apparitions of a young local girl and her Redcoat boyfriend whose murders were never solved.

Questions and Mysteries

What shocking and inevitable events await poor Charity? Who will come to her rescue? How will these encounters, along with a favorite and mysterious doll in her possession affect Charity's life and the people around her who walk a thin line between loyalty and deceit?