The Devil May Care

It’s 1899, and the United States is growing in power—fighting a war against the Philippine Islands to prevent their independence.
Judith, the wife of a disgraced English minister wanted for treason, witnesses the arrest of disreputable American trader and “disciple of the devil” Richard Conroe. The American army is convinced he is her husband—but when Judith tries to reveal their mistake, Richard denies her claims and refuses to save himself from execution.
Why would an innocent man insist on sacrificing himself for a stranger?