In 18th-century Scotland, laird Magnus and beekeeper Lark face injustice and exile as indentured servants to colonial Virginia and Jamaica.
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In 18th-century Scotland, laird Magnus and beekeeper Lark face injustice and exile as indentured servants to colonial Virginia and Jamaica.
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Though Magnus MacLeish and Lark MacDougall grew up on the same castle grounds, Magnus is now laird of the great house and the Isle of Kerrera. Lark is but the keeper of his bees and the woman he is hoping will provide a tincture that might help his ailing wife conceive and bear him an heir. But when his wife dies suddenly, Magnus and Lark find themselves caught up in a whirlwind of accusations, expelled from their beloved island, and sold as indentured servants across the Atlantic. Yet even when...
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Sexual content
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No sexual content depicted. Brief threat of injury to a woman, interrupted; no explicit assault.
Violence & gore
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Mentions of beheading as punishment, death by falling off cliff, attempted murder, threats of injury, and cruel treatment by overseers
Profanity
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No profanity or strong language
Substance use
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No substance use depicted
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation
Religious content
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Central themes of Christian faith, God's grace, forgiveness, and second chances; characters' faith sustains them through trials
Magic & witchcraft
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No witchcraft or occult elements
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources.
Political content
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Themes of Scottish cultural and economic injustice post-Jacobite risings, colonial indenture, and plantation life
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide depicted
Abuse & suffering
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Central depictions of indentured servitude, cruel overseers, backbreaking labor on plantations, disease, and systemic injustice. Brief threat of injury to a woman, interrupted; no explicit assault.
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