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A Time Of End by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Executioner Knights are back! Alexander de Sherrington seeks to marry a daughter of the great Christopher de Lohr (Rise of the Defender). But not if King John has anything to say about it! Alexander de Sherrington, the man affectionately referred to as ‘Sherry’ by his friends, is off on the greatest adventure of his life… and his target is Lady Christin de Lohr... -
![Love and Duty at Blackberry Farm by Rosie Clarke]()
Love and Duty at Blackberry Farm by Rosie Clarke
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsCambridgeshire – 1942 As a new year begins and the war continues, young Artie Talbot feels trapped. In his heart he longs to fight, like his two brothers, for his king and country but is duty tied to Blackberry Farm. As feelings grow between Artie and Jeanie Salmons, Artie wonders if marriage will help him to finally accept his lot and settle down... -
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![Two Dragons by Octavia Randolph]()
Two Dragons by Octavia Randolph
Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsTwo DragonsDragons are said to guard treasure with their lives...Ceric, beset with madness from the trauma of the losses he has suffered, wanders the forests of Kilton. An urgent need to stave off the hunger of his folk calls his younger brother Edwin, Lord of Kilton, to the Kingdom of Mercia, and though he fulfils his mission, finds the greater prize he sought out of reach... -
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Water Borne by Octavia Randolph
Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWater Book Ten of The Circle of Ceridwen SagaIt is water Dwynwen lifted in her cup of silver. Water, too, the Lady Luned uses in her scrying bowl. And it is over water one must travel to resolve an old conflict.Set high upon its seaside cliff, the hall of Kilton is racked by inner turmoil. Ceric, on the margin of sanity, finds strength and even bliss returning to him... -
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![The Leviathan: The Blackchurch Guild: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque]()
The Leviathan: The Blackchurch Guild: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWelcome to Book One in the exciting and diverse new series, The Blackchurch Guild: The Shadow Knights.Medieval England’s most elite training guild.The Blackchurch Guild is an elite knight training school. Men, and even women, are accepted into the program if they prove themselves worthy. Different from most training arenas in England, candidates don’t have to be from wealthy families... -
![For Me Fate Wove This by Octavia Randolph]()
For Me Fate Wove This by Octavia Randolph
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIn an Angle-land riven by contesting Danes…Hrald of Four Stones has fallen in love with Dagmar, the daughter of dead King Guthrum, who once ruled all Anglia. Dagmar is beautiful and poised; very much a King's daughter. Yet she owns nothing but the jewels about her neck – and the secrets she carries with her... -
![A Wolfe Among Dragons by Kathryn Le Veque]()
A Wolfe Among Dragons by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 13 ratings"James died in Papa's arms ~ " Penelope de Wolfe from SERPENT Get ready for perhaps the greatest de Wolfe adventure yet.... The sons of William de Wolfe (The Wolfe) are immortal, so they say. Men who are known as ShadowWolfe... DarkWolfe... Nighthawk... are as legendary as their father. The eldest four sons - Scott, Troy, Patrick, and James have always run in a pack... -
![WolfeAx: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque]()
WolfeAx: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.81 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMagnus de Wolfe, who takes after his Viking forefathers, has his story told in a unique and powerful way. The story of a love nearly lost… but for an angel. Paternal grandson of England's greatest knight, son of the man known as Nighthawk, and grandson on his mother's side of a Norse king, Magnus de Wolfe has the blood of elite and royal warriors flowing through his veins... -
![The Little Angel by Rosie Goodwin]()
The Little Angel by Rosie Goodwin
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFrom Sunday Times bestselling author of Mothering Sunday, Rosie Goodwin, comes the next in this heartwarming and heartbreaking Christmas treat.1896, Nuneaton.Left on the doorstep of Treetops Children's Home, young Kitty captures the heart of her guardian, Sunday Branning, who has never been blessed with a child of her own... -
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Dark Warrior by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIt’s the Dark Knight’s wild son, Cortland “Cort” de Russe in an adventure that could see him executed for treason. March Medieval Madness has arrived! 1518 A.D. – As a decorated knight for Henry VIII, Cort is sent to Ireland to assist the Earls of Kildare in ruling The Pale, the only strip of Ireland that the English ruled uncontested in the whole country... -
![The Spring of the Ram by Dorothy Dunnett]()
The Spring of the Ram by Dorothy Dunnett
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWith the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she brought to her acclaimed Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett, grande dame of the historical novel, presents The House of Niccolò series. The time is the 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe... -
![The Splendid Hour by Kathryn Le Veque]()
The Splendid Hour by Kathryn Le Veque
It's Christopher de Lohr's bastard son, Peter, in a tale that could change the stars of the House of de Lohr forever...When religion and politics don't meet, it's an explosion that could tear the Executioner Knights—and England—apart forever...Peter de Lohr is the illegitimate son of the greatest knight in the realm, though he has been accepted by his father. Not only accepted—embraced... -
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The Protector by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThey call him The Protector.But once upon a time, he was a knight who had failed in his greatest duty.It has been said that the Plantagenet royal family is full of vipers. No one knows that so well as Sir Fox de Merest, a knight of the highest order once given the ultimate assignment – to protect a royal bastard from the rage of Eleanor of Aquitaine... -
![Murder in an Irish Castle by Verity Bright]()
Murder in an Irish Castle by Verity Bright
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIrish whiskey, rolling green hills, a traditional Christmas feast and… a murder? Lady Swift will need the luck of the Irish to survive this holiday season!Christmas, 1924. Lady Eleanor Swift has received a rather unexpected invitation to the village Christmas party in the tiny, rural hamlet of Derrydee in the west of Ireland... -
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![A Ration Book Christmas by Jean Fullerton]()
A Ration Book Christmas by Jean Fullerton
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIt's 1940 and the German Luftwaffe have started their nightly reign of death and destruction over London's East End. The Brogan family is braced and ready to take on Hitler single-handed, if need be, but with rationing, air-raids and the threat of Nazi invasion hanging over this doughty family, their spirits are taking a bit of a battering.. -
![The Autumn Throne by Elizabeth Chadwick]()
The Autumn Throne by Elizabeth Chadwick
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe Son She Loved. The Betrayal She Faced. The Legend She Became. The stunning conclusion to the Eleanor of Aquitaine trilogyImprisoned by her husband. Separated from her children. If King Henry II thought these things would push his queen into submission, he was wrong. Eleanor of Aquitaine refused to give into his tyranny. Freed by his death, she became dowager Queen of England... -
![WolfeBorn: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque]()
WolfeBorn: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsPatrick de Wolfe’s (Nighthawk) youngest son, Titus, is front and center in this rip-roaring Medieval Romance that will have you on the edge of your seat!When a de Wolfe mates, he mates for life. And when he falls for a woman, he falls harder than most. But when a scorned woman is involved, anything can happen…And usually does... -
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The Black Dragon by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.82 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGet ready for another passionate adventure from the Executioner Knights universe. It’s a battle for true love in this stunning and diverse Medieval epic set in Plantagenet England.Welcome to the world of THE BLACK DRAGON!Addax al-Kort was not born in England... -
![Lion of Steel: A Medieval Romance (Sons of de Lohr by Kathryn Le Veque]()
Lion of Steel: A Medieval Romance (Sons of de Lohr by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA powerful spinster, a lonely woman, and a hunky knight are front in center in this gripping tale of passion, meddling, betrayal, and truest of loves.It’s Douglas de Lohr’s turn to shine!As the fifth son of the Earl of Hereford and Worcester, one of the most powerful men in the realm, Douglas has his share of power and prestige also... -
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Of Mortal Fury: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Morgan de Wolfe, commander of Richmond Castle, is called by his liege Caius d’Avignon (Winter of Solace) into the full-fledged world of the Executioner Knights to go deep under cover, a de Wolfe becomes a Wolfe in sheep’s clothing for the sake of William Marshal and his spy ring... -
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The Centurion by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to an old-school Le Veque novel! A mighty knight known as The Centurion is the man in control behind a powerful liege with dementia, but when his love for a young woman begins to compromise the stability of the Scottish marches, he must make a choice between love… or peace. Sir Torston de Royans is known on the border as a man of reason, wisdom, and great strength... -
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Starless by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou met Achilles and Susanna in Book Two of the Executioner Knights series – and sparks flew! Now, read their endearing and touching love story in ‘Starless’! The third Executioner Knight is in for a world of trouble… Achilles de Dere is a stubborn knight prone to fighting - anywhere, anytime. If there is a punch to be thrown, it's usually from Achilles... -
![Christmas with the Ops Room Girls: A festive and feel-good WW2 saga (The Women's Auxiliary Air Force) by Vicki Beeby]()
Christmas with the Ops Room Girls: A festive and feel-good WW2 saga (The Women's Auxiliary Air Force) by Vicki Beeby
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen there’s so much to be afraid of, can May help bring festive cheer to the Ops Room?After failing to help evacuee siblings whom she witnesses being separated, May wishes she’d had the confidence to speak up. When Jess suggests a pantomime to boost morale on the station, May is desperate to help – but is held back by her own insecurities... -
![The Black Storm by Kathryn Le Veque]()
The Black Storm by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA powerful knight who has served two kings becomes a tournament champion, but will a meddlesome woman and a wicked opponent bring him the greatest defeat of his life?Will the lady he loves with his entire being slip through his fingers?Ridge de Reyne (from The Red Fury) served both Henry III and Alexander, King of Scotland, but royal appointments were ultimately not the life he wanted... -
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![BattleWolfe: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque]()
BattleWolfe: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA super-star knight with a de Wolfe pedigree… and the Scottish rose who saves his life.In the turbulent lands of the English/Scottish border, their love wasn't meant to last.... but no one loves as strongly as a de Wolfe... -
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WolfeStrike by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt’s a new generation of de Wolfe Pack cubs, carrying on the tradition of their illustrious grandfather. Thomas “Tor” de Wolfe has his hands full with battling women and battling enemies as he tries to secure a border castle for Edward I. Chaos is the name of the game!Tor married, and lost, his wife at a young age... -
![The Mountain Dark by Kathryn Le Veque]()
The Mountain Dark by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Executioner Knights are back, now with one of their own falling in love with a Welsh princess who holds the key to a renewed rebellion. Will love win out over his sense of duty? Kress de Rhydian is a man on a mission... -
![The Land Beyond the Sea by Sharon Kay Penman]()
The Land Beyond the Sea by Sharon Kay Penman
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFilled with drama and battle, tragedy and romance, Sharon Penman’s The Land Beyond the Sea tells the epic tale of a clash of cultures that will resonate with readers today.1172. The Kingdom of Jerusalem, also known as Outremer – the land beyond the sea.A young realm, Outremer was baptized in blood when the men of the First Crusade captured Jerusalem from the Saracens in 1099... -
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The Scarlet Lion by Elizabeth Chadwick
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsFollowing early beginnings as a knight in the English royal household and a champion of the tourneys, William Marshal's prowess and loyalty have been rewarded by the hand in marriage of Isabelle de Clare, heiress to great estates in England, Normandy and Ireland... -
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Time and Chance by Sharon Kay Penman
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe long-awaited sequel to Sharon Kay Penman's acclaimed novel When Christ and His Saints Slept, Time and Chancerecounts the tempestuous marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II in a magnificent story of love, power, ambition-and betrayal. He was nineteen when they married, she eleven years his senior, newly divorced from the King of France... -
![Winter of Solace by Kathryn Le Veque]()
Winter of Solace by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCaius d'Avignon, the knight known as The Britannia Viper, finds himself on the opposite side of William Marshal... and the Executioner Knights are caught in the middle... Welcome to another Executioner Knights' tale! When Caius d’Avignon is sent north at the request of a cousin of William Marshal to help in a dispute between neighbors, Caius couldn’t have imagined how his life would change... -
![The Dark Angel by Kathryn Le Veque]()
The Dark Angel by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt’s not often the House of de Velt sees both tragedy and comedy, but when Medieval hippies come to call on the darkest lord of all, Julian de Velt gets caught up in the Medieval mayhem…But he pays a price.Lista de la Mere is a young woman of beauty, sense, and education. Unfortunately, her mother and her aunt don’t have the same sensibilities... -
![Christmas at O'Mara's by Michelle Vernal]()
Christmas at O'Mara's by Michelle Vernal
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWelcome to the guesthouse on the Green, where Mammy and her girls will make you feel part of the family. Settle in and enjoy your stay at O'Mara's, where stories abound, romance lurks and laughter sounds. Two Christmases, two second chances. A heart-warming O’Mara family Christmas story that will have you laughing out loud.. -
![ShadowWolfe by Kathryn Le Veque]()
ShadowWolfe by Kathryn Le Veque
1272 A.D. Recovering from a great tragedy that had befallen his family, Scott de Wolfe, eldest son of William de Wolfe and Jordan Scott, has become a career knight with no feeling, no compassion. As a premier knight for Henry III, Scott has been tasked with the management of the massive fortress of Castle Canaan after the death of the castle's commander... -
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![BlackWolfe by Kathryn Le Veque]()
BlackWolfe by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt’s suave, handsome Edward de Wolfe’s tale as he vies for the hand of Paris de Norville’s daughter, Cassiopeia. The only obstacle is the bride herself – she can’t stand the sight of him! 1275 A.D. - With brothers Scott, Troy, and Patrick married and settled, and brother James’ recent marriage to Rose Hage, it’s finally younger brother Edward’s time to shine... -
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WolfeSword: de Wolfe Pack Generations by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe's a veritable god of beauty, position, and talent. She's a lady of sweetness, wealth, and compassion. When gorgeous Cassius de Wolfe falls for a plain but sweet lady, the woman who hoped to have his affection doesn't take kindly to it.Cassius has set himself up for retribution of the female kind. As the old saying goes, there's nothing like a woman scorned…Or a de Wolfe protecting his mate... -
![A Gentleman Under the Mistletoe: A Cozy Regency Holiday Mystery by Grace Burrowes]()
A Gentleman Under the Mistletoe: A Cozy Regency Holiday Mystery by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLord Julian Caldicott is standing in for his ducal brother as manager of Yuletide merriment at the family seat. Alas for his lordship, nothing is going as planned. Cranky relatives arrive uninvited, family squabbles ensue, and Julian's annual case of the blue devils is worsening by the day.Julian decides to combat the mayhem and melancholia by anonymously spreading good cheer... -
![Godspeed by Kathryn Le Veque]()
Godspeed by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCan a gruff, seasoned knight win over the love of his life in the midst of political chaos? 1215 A.D. - Dashiell "Dash" du Reims is the eldest son of the Earl of East Anglia and a cousin to the great House of de Lohr. Much like his warring and politically-involved cousins, Dashiell is also waist-deep in the political turmoil that is sweeping England at this time... -
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Petteril's Christmas by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA merry Christmas for the Petterils?Piers wants to make their first Christmas together special, and so it proves to be - just not quite in the way he planned.His eccentric Great Aunt Prudence summons him to London with the news that she is dying and that one of her servants is stealing from her. Only one of these claims turns out to be true, though both require investigating... -
![The Best Is Yet To Be by Kathryn Le Veque]()
The Best Is Yet To Be by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe story every Le Veque reader has been waiting for... Paris de Norville (The Wolfe) and Jemma Scott Hage (The Wolfe) find love in their sunset years... with each other?! It seems like an impossible suggestion. Paris and Jemma first met in The Wolfe , in a fiery explosion of temper and taunting - her temper mostly because he was taunting... -
![The Virgins of Venice by Gina Buonaguro]()
The Virgins of Venice by Gina Buonaguro
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn sixteenth-century Venice, one young noblewoman dares to resist the choices made for herVenice in 1509 is on the brink of war. The displeasure of Pope Julius II is a continuing threat to the republic, as is the barely contained fighting in the countryside. Amid this turmoil, noblewoman Justina Soranzo, just sixteen, hopes to make a rare love marriage with her sweetheart, Luca Cicogna... -
![Bay of Fear by Kathryn Le Veque]()
Bay of Fear by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA classic Medieval-Gothic love story complete with ghostly wanderings, a spooky castle, and a damsel in distress. Baiadepaura Castle on the storm-swept cliffs of Cornwall is a place where scary things go bump in the knight! **************** In the Dark Ages on a remote coast of Cornwall, there was a legend of a wicked lord who was boiled to death for his deeds... -
![Mine Is the Night by Liz Curtis Higgs]()
Mine Is the Night by Liz Curtis Higgs
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSHE LOST EVERYTHING SHE LOVED. HE HAD EVERYTHING SHE NEEDED. BUT COULD SHE FIND THE COURAGE TO TRUST HIM? Stepping from a battered coach on a rainy April eve, newly widowed Elisabeth Kerr must begin again, without husband or title, property or fortune... -
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Hope by Beverley Watts
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIn this funny romantic series, the Shackleford sisters descend on a Regency society that doesn’t know what’s hit it…There was no doubt that things had definitely looked better for Gabriel Atwood, one time Viscount Northwood. Mainly because everyone who knew him or of him almost certainly believed him dead—the bastard who’d betrayed him had made sure of that... -
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![The Christmas Letters: A heartwarming, feel-good holiday romance by Jenny Hale]()
The Christmas Letters: A heartwarming, feel-good holiday romance by Jenny Hale
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsElizabeth Holloway's sparkling world comes crashing down around her when her boyfriend of seven years drops the bomb that he’s leaving her—at Christmas. In an attempt to piece her life back together, she suddenly finds herself seven hundred miles from her New York City home, trudging through the snow, back at her childhood farm in the Great Smoky Mountains... -
![Niccolo Rising by Dorothy Dunnett]()
Niccolo Rising by Dorothy Dunnett
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWith the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she brought to her acclaimed Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett, grande dame of the historical novel, presents The House of Niccolò series. The time is the 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe... -
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StormWolfe by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe 'little' de Wolfe Brother, Thomas, is no longer little. The de Wolfe cub has become a big, powerful Wolfe all his own... 1290 A.D. - Thomas de Wolfe, commander of Wark Castle, an outpost for Castle Questing, his father's powerful fortress, has come out from the shadow of his mighty father and brothers. Now, they call him StormWolfe for his fearlessness and cunning... -
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The Dark Spawn by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe son of The Dark Lord joins forces with the Executioner Knights to bring you the Medieval Romance you’ve been waiting for. It’s a no-holds barred, dark and passionate romance where the rules don’t apply.Prepare to enter the Darkness...Coleby de Velt is the firstborn son of the notorious Dark Lord, Ajax de Velt... -
![Lion of Hearts by Kathryn Le Veque]()
Lion of Hearts by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat happens when a man has fallen for the wrong woman when the right woman comes along?Myles de Lohr is about to find out.Welcome to another epic Medieval Romance with the sons of Christopher de Lohr!As the humorless, sometimes taciturn middle de Lohr brother, Myles is all-knight, all-the-time... -
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The Swordsman: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s another exciting Blackchurch Guild adventure!This time, master of the sword Sinclair “Sin” de Reyne has his moment to shine.They call him The Swordsman…Part of the powerful de Reyne family, Sin is a black sheep. A man with a mysterious past and a family he doesn’t speak of, he is one of the elite trainers at the Blackchurch Guild, the premier knight training school in England...
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