She's always lived in the present. Born a gentleman's daughter, Beatrice Russell never imagined a life of hard labor and servitude. Never one to let circumstances get the best of her, Bea has created a new life for herself as a barmaid in her uncle's tavern, and she never plans on looking back. She's found happiness despite everything - that is, until a group of revolutionaries suddenly descends on the establishment and threatens the place she now calls home.He isn't promised a future.James Sullivan's life hasn't mapped out the way he planned. Deeply infiltrated into his enemy's ranks, he has to hide his identity and pretend to be one of the bad guys. But there's a light at the end of the tunnel - his company is getting closer to the man behind the growing revolution. If he can keep his identity hidden a little longer, he can put an end to this once and for all. And if he fails? Well, there are no second chances for traitors.Now, they need to face their past. When James encounters his childhood friend, Bea, serving food and drink in a tavern, he knows he has to get control of the situation as quickly as possible. But Beatrice is not going to make it easy, determined to challenge his every decision as she reconciles this villainous man with the boy she once knew. Can James keep ahold of his secrets? Can Beatrice keep these men from destroying her uncle's inn? And can love, once buried in the past, spark anew?