Will from Melrose: A Romantic Trek Through a Web of Conspiracy

The year is 1317, and relations between Scotland and England are strained.Will is from Melrose, Scotland, where his father has been telling him heroic stories of fighting the English. Filled with enthusiasm, he runs away from home and joins a raid into England.After crossing the border, he is attacked and left for dead, but is found and brought back to health by a village girl, Rachel. But she is English…It isn’t long before Will is falling for Rachel, but at the same time, he senses a plot to assassinate King Robert of Scotland. What will he do now, torn between the girl he loves and the King he worships?

Michael Binns was born and brought up in Scotland and received an MA with honours in Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. For a few years, he worked as a biometrician with the then Agriculture Research Council’s Unit of Statistics in Aberdeen and Edinburgh. In 1967, he emigrated to Canada, where he continued as a biometrician in the Federal Department of Agriculture. During his time with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, he has travelled and consulted with scientists in many of her research stations across Canada. He is the author of numerous scientific papers and one textbook. He retired to Nova Scotia, where he has renewed a lifetime interest in history and writing. He is married and has two sons and five grandchildren.