Donna Thorland wanted a way to make her debut novel, the Revolutionary War-set “The Turncoat” (Penguin, released March 5), “sexy and dangerous. People think the American Revolutio… ...

Donna Thorland, read by Madeleine Lambert. AudioGO, unabridged, nine CDs, 10.25 hrs., $29.95 ISBN 978-1620647165 Through a quick turn of events, rebel Kate Grey's calm village life becomes ...

Had I not once worked with author Donna Thorland at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., I probably would have bypassed “The Turncoat,” a book that spans genres.

Donna Thorland’s debut novel “The Turncoat,” a Revolutionary War-set romp that came out last year, took place mostly in Philadelphia. But the Boston-bred author was anxious to bri… ...