Stuart Period Great Britain is the stage for SJ Garland’s latest book, Pretender at the Gate (the second title in the Markinch Series). In this new, fast-paced historical fiction title, Captain Esmond Clyde-Dalton prepares to wed his love. But after she is incarcerated, he is quickly cast into a journey of mystery, deceit and duplicity. Readers will be drawn to the diverse cast of characters and will almost immediately become tangled in a web of conspiracy and treason as the endearing Esmond tries to clear his name as a rebel invasion looms over Edinburgh.