List of Novels

Guardian of Darkness - Historical (Medieval) Romance

1200 A.D. - After decades of warring between the Lairds of Kerr and Prudhoe Castle in Northumbria, a tentative peace is reached.  The Lady Carington Kerr is sent to Prudhoe as a hostage to ensure her father’s good behavior, and a more reluctant hostage there never was.  Small and dark, with emerald eyes and a luscious figure, she is as gorgeous as she is firey. Enter Sir Creed de Reyne; a gentle giant of a man, he is, by nature, calm and wise. He is the ice to Carington’s fire. As Carington resists the attempts to keep her in her English prison, Creed is placed in charge of the captive as both jailer and protector.  But he is also as reluctant a protector as she is a hostage; six months prior, he had been given the important assignment of escorting Isabella of Angoulệme from France to England as the bride of King John.  Isabella, a woman-child of twelve years, was smitten with Creed from the start. When he spurned her advances, she fabricated a story of Creed’s indiscretions against her and brought the king’s wrath upon him.  Creed fled to Prudhoe and straight into another assignment guarding a firebrand of a young woman.  But he soon discovers that Carington is far different from the petty child who would become queen and against both his judgment and his wishes, he finds himself falling for the Scots lass.  But neither Isabella nor the king  are done with him yet, and Creed and Carington must fight for their very survival as two countries and a kingdom seek to separate them.

The White Lord of Wellesbourne - Historical (Medieval) Romance

1485 A.D. –  Adam Wellesbourne and his four sons – Matthew, Mark, Luke and John – comprise the most feared House in the service of Richard III. Adam’s eldest son, Matthew, has earned such an influential reputation that throughout England he is known as The White Lord of Wellesbourne. Upon the eve of the Battle of Bosworth field, Matthew finds himself forced into a contract marriage that he has been avoiding for ten years. He has no desire to wed the Lady Alixandrea Terrington St. Ave, but his father is insistent. The lady comes with a dowry of 400 fighting men, most important in these warring times. But a strange thing happens to Matthew the moment he meets his future bride; he is actually attracted to her. The Lady Alixandrea is surprisingly beautiful, intelligent, and kind. But she is also unknowingly caught up in a deadly game of politics. Suddenly, a simple marriage becomes a deadly happenstance. As forces for both King Richard and Henry Tudor build towards the battle that will decide the future of England, Matthew is distracted by the woman he never wanted to marry. In this world where the politics of rival men vying for the throne control the fortunes of a nation, The White Lord of Wellesbourne is torn between the unexpected life he never thought to have and the warring life that he’d always known to be. Will lovely Alixandrea win him or will King Richard? (Author's Note:  This book is my personal favorite!!)

Lord of the Shadows - Historical (Medieval) Romance

1215 A.D. – The reign of King John were dark days for all of England. Not one man, woman or child lived without fear. Magnifying this fear is the man they call The Lord of the Shadows - a terrifying figure that sits at the right hand of the King, manipulating the royal moves like a puppet master. The Lord of the Shadows has been known to tear men apart with his bare hands and can, with a snap of his fingers, alter the future of anyone he chooses. The nobility is terrified of him, and for good reason.  That is - the nobility that know of his existance. Lady Sheridan St. James has been drawn into the political arena by her father; having no sons, he shares all with his eldest daughter, a stunningly beautiful and bright creature. Upon his death, Sheridan finds herself at the head of the mighty House of St. James, a major leader in the rebellion against the crown. Upon her first visit to London, she becomes acquainted with a massive knight who has, in kindness, saved her sister’s life. She has no idea that Sir Sean de Lara is the man known as The Lord of the Shadows. Even when she is told of his horrible deeds, she still cannot not believe it. Sheridan and Sean draw close without the influence of the horrendous affairs of state sweeping London. All she knows is that he is handsome and kind, and although Sean is well aware of the lady’s status, it makes no difference that she is, in perception, his enemy.  To him, she is quickly becoming his reason for living. But out of necessity, his responsibilities to the king become stronger than his love for Sheridan and he is forced to perform his duties or risk death to them both. Still, he swears to her that his days as the Shadow Lord are numbered even as rival factions cruelly separated them. It soon becomes a test of Sean and Sheridan’s love to find each other again in a world that is determined to keep them apart. BUY IT ON AMAZON: LORD OF THE SHADOWS

Canyon of the Sphinx - Contemporary Action/Adventure/Romance, Book 3 of 7 in the Kathlyn Trent/Marcus Burton series.

A city that disappeared over-night. Sphinxes in the jungles of the Yucatan. An overgrown Mesoamerican temple with ancient Chinese script chiseled into the stone. All of these elements come together in the greatest adventure yet for Dr. Kathlyn Trent and her husband, world-class Egyptologist Dr. Marcus Burton. In her latest assignment, Kathlyn goes to the Yucatan to assist in a growing mystery; Dr. Christopher Murphy, one of the top minds in Mesoamerican studies, has something of an enigma on his hands. Strange legends and rumors of sphinxes in the jungle create a puzzle that is as deadly as it is baffling. As Kathlyn is pulled deep into the legends and truths of the Yucatan, there are external forces back at home that would see her come to ruin. Kathlyn soon finds herself fighting for her life, both professionally and personally. With her husband’s help, she is able to overcome the web of complications at home and is once again lured back to Dr. Murphy’s jungle dig to help solve the great mystery… why did the lost city of La Tierra Dorada de los Jaguares vanish in a single, horrible night? What do the mysterious Chinese inscriptions have to do with it? Why does Kathlyn keep having visions of murder and blood? Only Kathlyn and Marcus can decipher the intricate mystery before time runs out.

THE EDEN FACTOR - Contemporary Action/Adventure Romance, Book 2 out of 7, Kathlyn Trent/Marcus Burton adventure series

World-famous media archaeologist Dr. Kathlyn Trent and her husband, Dr. Marcus Burton, are off on another enigmatic quest. Reports of the discovery of angel bones have come from the ancient land of Iraq and Kathlyn and Marcus take their archaeological teams into this mysterious realm to investigate. Hindering their progress is a former colleague of Kathlyn's; also hearing of the discovery, Dr. Fayd Fahdlan will stop at nothing to usurp Kathlyn's claim. As Kathlyn and Marcus fall under the spell of the strange bones, Fayd and his superiors see spectacular and bizarre scientific opportunities for Dr. Trent's find. When Kathlyn is kidnapped in an attempt to force her to participate in their macabre scheme, the ancient bones suddenly take a back seat to a related discovery of even greater magnitude. Biblical theories that were once thought only myth have suddenly become reality. The Vatican and the United States military soon become involved and the stakes grow even higher. Kathlyn, Marcus and the rest of the archaeologists find themselves caught up in something so fantastic that it is difficult to know just where the legends end and the volatile realities begin.

VALLEY OF THE SHADOW - Contemporary Action/Adventure Romance, Book 1 out of 7, Kathlyn Trent/Marcus Burton adventure series

Dr. Kathlyn Trent has made a name for herself as a Media Archaeologist.  Beautiful, intelligent and educated, she is one of the most famous faces in the world. Her television specials bring millions of viewers as she tackles subjects that most credible archaeologists won’t touch. But beneath the flash and hype, she has a true gift of science and knowledge. Being called in to assist the floundering dig of one of the world's top Egyptologists, Kathlyn is met with animosity from Dr. Marcus Burton. Tall, dark and ruggedly gorgeous, he has no desire to attract the attention she brings. But the excitement they share as they explore long-lost pharaoh’s tomb destroys the animosity in favor of an emotional bond that cannot be broken. Elements of intrigue endanger their lives and create chaos amidst their blooming romance. The situation soon explodes in a running gun battle amongst the ruins of ancient Egyptian temples and it will take all of Kathlyn’s and Marcus’ strength to keep each other alive.

DRAGONBLADE - Historical (Medieval) Romance - Book One in the Dragonblade Trilogy

1326 A.D. – Tate Crewys de Lara is the son of kings. The illegitimate son of Edward Longshanks, Tate has the qualities of a magnificent king. But fate is cruel, leaving him a mere knight protecting young Edward III during the uncertain days following the horrific murder of Edward II. While gathering allies for the young heir in Northumberland, he meets the Lady Elizabetha “Toby” Cartingdon. Daughter of the Lord Mayor of Cartingdon Parrish, Toby is a gorgeous woman with a mind for business. It is she who runs the parrish, not her father. Taken aback by the strong, bitter female, Tate is nonetheless intrigued with her. He soon discovers why Toby seems so hard; her father is a drunkard and her mother is an invalid, leaving Toby responsible to not only provide for the family, but also for the welfare of her small sister. Feeling something more than curiosity, Tate begins to break through the hard surface to discover the warm and compassionate woman beneath. Yet factions who would see the young heir dead make a sudden appearance, drawing Toby into their malevolent plan. Soon she finds herself linked to both Tate and the quest to take the throne from Roger Mortimer.  It becomes Tate's destiny to not only win a throne for young Edward, but to win Toby's heart as well.

Steps of Glory - Historical (Medieval) Romance

1469 A.D. - Brogan d’Aurilliac is a master sergeant in the infantry of Edward IV. The son of a Germanic knight, he came to England at his father’s death and worked his way up through the ranks of the infantry to become the king’s highest ranking soldier. Brogan is a very large man with power and skill, but uneducated due to his family's immigrant social standing.  He meets our heroine by chance, a member of the mighty Nevilles, the most powerful ruling family in England. The Lady Avalyn du Brant’s uncle is the all-powerful Richard Neville, "The Kingmaker".  Though Brogan knows she is out of his league, he is nonetheless taken by her. Avalyn, too, is intrigued by the big soldier with the heavy accent and menacing presence.  What starts out as pity for the man turns to something else and her uncle, used to meddling in people’s lives, seeks to separate his niece from Brogan by betrothing her to another powerful baron. But Avalyn is intelligent; she takes charge of the situation and, like a great chess match, seeks to beat her uncle at his own game.  Brogan, the man that enemy and ally alike call "The Monster" in battle, offers support and affection such as Avalyn has never known in this story of reversal of roles. She is the 'smart and cunning' one in this battle to save her relationship with Brogan from her uncle's destruction.

SPECTRE OF THE SWORD - Historical (Medieval) Romance

1203 A.D. - Our heroine is the illegitimate daughter of Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany, and is the niece of Richard the Lionheart and the evil Prince John. She was sent to foster at a very young age, her identity known only to a herself and the earl who fostered her.  When her half-brother Prince Arthur is murdered and rumors begin to fly that the opposition to King John intend to marry her to a Teutonic prince and supplant her and her new husband as the rulers of England, she suddenly becomes a very hot, and very dangerous, commodity. Enter our hero. He is charged with keeping her safe until her arranged marriage can occur, but the task turns into one of monumental proportions. They flee to Wales and find passage on a vessel bound for Ireland that ends up shipwrecked back on Cornwall.  It's one harrowing flight after another as he tries to keep her from harm's way. Somewhere in the process, they fall madly in love with each other and the knight finds himself battling duty and love in order to stay on task. Will he deliver her to her prince for marriage or will he keep her for himself? What of the Prince's men trying to kill them both? Our very exhausted hero is Sir Rhys du Bois and our lady Princess is Elizabeau Treveighan.

THE DARK LORD - Historical (Medieval) Romance

The year is 1180 A.D. and times are very dark. Ajax de Velt garrisons six castles along the Welsh Marches from Welshpool to Brecon.  Mission accomplished in Wales, Ajax moves on to continue his conquest at the Scots border. His motivation? To conquer a large stretch of the border, commandeering wealth and property along the way. He wants to be the most feared and powerful warlord in all of England, Wales and Scotland. Ajax is the most ruthless, ambitious knight in the Isles; even the heartiest warriors fear the man for his brutal and coldblooded tactics. But Jax unexpectedly meets his match at the first border castle he conquors in a spitfire of a woman named Kellington Coleby. War explodes and passion ignites to create a truly memorable tale.

ISLAND OF GLASS (Book Two in the Dragonblade Trilogy)

1333 A.D. - The lovely and educated Lady Bella Grace di Witney is what is kindly termed an unmanageable woman. Her uncle, the Earl of Wrexham, has been awarded custody of his niece because her mother can no longer handle the head-strong beauty. Like a coward, the earl abdicates his duties to his most powerful knight, Sir Kenneth St. Héver with the instructions to transform her into a submissive lady. Bella and Kenneth are at odds from the onset; Kenneth expects obedience and Bella is less than compliant. When the battles die down and a strange, wonderful comfort settles, Kenneth comes to discover that Bella is a lady with a secret.  Because of this secret, her mother is murdered and Kenneth finds himself protecting Bella because he wants to, not because he has been ordered to. Mysterious sects and a crazed warrior want the lady dead for different reasons. It soon becomes a test to Kenneth’s cunning and knightly skills to keep his beloved Bella alive.  NEW ENDING AS OF AUGUST 2010. IF YOU'VE READ THIS BEFORE, YOU'LL WANT TO READ IT AGAIN!!

The Savage Curtain (Book Three in the Dragonblade Trilogy) The year is 1333 A.D.  At the conclusion of the English victory of Halidon Hill, King Edward appoints Stephen of Pembury the Guardian Protector of the newly captured city of Berwick.  To cement this victory, he orders Stephen to marry the defeated Scottish commander’s daughter, the Lady Joselyn de Velt Seton.  In a marriage meant to symbolize the English domination over the Scots, Stephen is nonetheless attracted to his new bride; a petite, raven-haired beauty with pale blue eyes.  Joselyn is a lady with a horrific past and dark secrets of abuse.  She is resistant to the marriage at first but eventually her attraction to Stephen proves too much to resist and the pair fall deeply in love.  But even as their love blossoms, Scots insurgents counter attach Berwick and Stephen is taken prisoner.  As the Guardian Protector of Berwick, he is a mighty prize for the Scots and his public execution has been ordered. Stephen’s old friends, Tate de Lara (Dragonblade) and Kenneth St. Hever (Island of Glass) must plot Stephen’s rescue even as Joselyn and unexpected allies launch their own rescue attempt.  It’s a race against time to save Stephen from the executioner’s sword in this tale of conquest, dark secrets and everlasting love.

THE LEGEND - Historical (Medieval) Romance

On the Seventh Crusade,Sir Alec Summerlinaccidentally kills his brother in the chaos of battle.Once the greatest swordsman in the realm, he lays his weapon downand refuses to ever wield a broadsword again. Surrendering his spurs, he retires to his father's castle in self-imposed exile. His father, however, has other ideas for his greatest son andbetroths him toa local ale heiress. The Lady Peyton de Flournoyis as resistant to marriage as Alec is, but gradually begins to warm to the man who has given up on life. Alec soon comes to know a lady of spirit, beauty and intelligence. Before their marriage can happen, however, Alecs father is blackmailed by a neighbor intodissolving the marriage contract. The neighbor wants Peyton and her ale empire and will stop at nothing to get it. Now deeply in love, Alec elopes with Peyton and an entirely new world of danger and passionopens up for them both.As theconflict with the neighbor heats up,Alec must draw his sword again to save the woman that he loves and The Legend is once again reborn.

THE CRUSADER - Time travel Contemporary Romance (** Readers' favorite novel 2005!!)

Along the ancient Pilgrim Trail traveled by countless crusaders from Europe to The Holy Land, Dr. Lauren Osgrove is in charge of her first archaeological dig. A Biblical Archaeologist by degree, her target is a holy relic of unimaginable power. But what she discovers instead is the tomb of a long-buried Crusader, one of the thousands who came to this desert land in search of glory and riches. Deterred from her original goal, Lauren is fascinated by the English knight and the journal buried with him. Reading the pages of the ancient diary, she comes to know a man of power and honor, entrusted by Richard the Lionheart with a mission of astonishing importance.  Sir Kieran Hage was no ordinary Crusader and, as Lauren discovers, nor is he really dead. Eight hundred years later, Kieran’s mission must be completed, but there is an ancient evil that follows him and is still determined to see him fail. Now Lauren begins the adventure of a lifetime, where time has no meaning, where honor is strength, and where only true love endures.

Kingdom Come - the sequel to "The Crusader" As an Archaeologist, she excavated his grave…. Dr. Lauren Osgrove excavated an English knight from the Third Crusade. An accidental kiss brought him back to life. Together, they shared an adventure in Modern Times…. Then a twist of fate sent them back to his time…Sir Kieran Hage had a mission to fulfill. As the head of a peace delegation intending to end the Siege of Acre, he carries the crown of thorns said to be worn by Jesus Christ. Unwilling to accept peace, his men turn against him and Kieran finds himself, and Lauren, on the run. Over dry land and heavy seas, he and Lauren run from the assassins bent on killing them both.  But as they travel, the real Medieval world opens up to Lauren and she finds herself in a land of no cell phones, bathrooms, antibiotics or airplanes.  She must learn to live in this strange, new world, a place she thought she knew a great deal about until she actually found herself in the midst of it…. Kieran has something that Prince John wants…Lauren’s biggest fear is that her presence in a world where she does not belong might somehow change the course of history. With her advanced knowledge, every move she makes jeopardizes the modern world but her love for Kieran and their life together begins to ease her fears. She is content wherever she is so long as she is with him.  But even as Kieran and Lauren settle in to Medieval domestic life in Kieran’s fabulously wealthy castle, Prince John knows that Kieran  carries a holy relic and he wants it for himself. When coercion doesn’t work, he resorts to abduction…. In defending herself, Lauren changes the course of history…Under attack, Lauren kills in self-defense and history is changed forever.  She and Kieran are separated but his love for her is so great that he finds a way to join her in body as well as spirit. Their love story defies time and history, for not even death can keep Lauren and Kieran apart.

Resurrection (contemporary Adventure/Romance)

Cydney Hetherington is a young widow and single mother, the Director of Operations at a small world-class art and antiquities museum in Southern California.  The star attraction of the museum’s latest exhibit entitled Resurrection is ‘The Lucius Robe’, the cloak said to be worn by Christ during his trial before Pontius Pilate.   This mysterious relic draws hordes of people to the small museum, including a terrorist group interested in obtaining it for their own sinister purposes.   Enter FBI Special Agent Ethan Serreaux; as a terrorism expert, Ethan is assigned to the case when a terrorist group calling themselves Die Auhänger , or ‘The Disciples”, threatens to steal the robe.  A genius with a lonely past, Ethan’s attraction to Cydney is immediately but his focus for the moment is on deterring the terrorist threat. Die Auhänger, however, is no ordinary terrorist organization;  their ties go back a thousand years to the days of the Knights Templars and, more recently. the Nazis, and their determination to get The Lucius Robe will stop at nothing because a member of their group is a descendent of Merovingian kings, a man they intend to crown as the next Holy Roman Emperor with the acquisition of The Lucius Robe.  When The Lucius Robe is abducted from the Museum and Cydney’s young daughter along with it,  Ethan and Cydney are forced together at first by necessity but then by the powerful attraction that binds them.  Their  adventure begins as they chase the terrorists across two continents, piecing together clues to a mystery that goes beyond the Biblical lure of the Robe. From Los Angeles to Paris to Rome, their quest leads them to the most powerful halls of the Vatican.  It’s a race against time for Ethan and Cydney  to save Cydney’s daughter and The Lucius Robe from madmen bent on world domination.

THE TITAN This is one of the 'original' Epics. This is a tremendously powerful story of Sir Bose de Moray and the Lady Summer du Bonne. Bose was the Captain of the Guard for King Henry until Bose's wife's untimely death in childbirth. Blaming himself and wanting to be free of the memories, he resigns his post and joins the tournament circuit to compete for money and fame. But dark rumors follow Bose; his mother-in-law is a vicious woman who blames Bose for her daughter's death. She starts nasty rumors that Bose murdered his wife.  With a cloud of suspicion hanging over his head, enter the Lady Summer du Bonne. A beautiful woman with a stammering problem, she has been kept hidden away from the world by her embarrassed father and protective brothers. Summer meets Bose at a tournament hosted by her brothers and for Bose, it is love at first sight. But the dark rumors plague his attempts to get to know the lady, who is attracted to him as well.  Summer's drunken father eventually pledges his daughter to Bose, but Bose's mother-in-law interferes and Summer's father decides to pledge Summer to another man. Bose and Summer elope but Bose is brought up on charges of thievery.  With a death sentence hanging over his head, only love and the king can save Bose and restore his honor. Be advised that this novel is extremely long and written in a 'flourished' style, but it is a beautiful love story and well worth the read.

Lespada 1264 A.D. - Davyss de Winter is the champion for King Henry III, a powerful and arrogant man that descends from a long line of powerful knights. He is also a much-sought after man and has had more than his share of female admirers, including a besotted baron's daughter who bore him bastard twins. His mother and family matriarch, the Lady Katharine de Warrenne de Winter, loses patience with her son's behavior and betrothes him to a woman she hopes will tame his wild ways.   She selects a young woman from a lesser noble family with no political ties or ambitions, a perfect match for her son's prideful personality.  Enter the Lady Devereux d'Arcy Allington; a young woman of astounding beauty, she wants nothing to do with Davyss.  When Davyss, in protest of the marriage, sends his sword Lespada to the marriage ceremony, Devereux is beyond offended. Livid, she battles tooth and nail, refusing to marry a sword by proxy, until Lady Katharine intervenes.  Cornered, Devereux is forced to marry Lespada because her groom refuses to show up for the ceremony.  When Davyss gives in to his curiosity and meets his wife for the first time, he is overwhelmed with her beauty.  Roughly consummating the marriage, he has set the tone for what both Davyss and Devereux believe will be a loveless, hateful marriage.  But when Davyss begins to realize what he's done, he swallows his considerable pride and is determined to get to know the woman he married, a woman of grace and compassion like nothing he has ever known before.  It doesn't take long for Davyss to fall madly in love with her and she with him.  Devereux helps him understand that devotion to one woman is more fulfilling that devotion to many, and through skirmishes, betrayal, wars and miscarriages, Davyss and Devereux's bond only strengthens. When Davyss is involved in the Battle of Evesham against Simon de Montfort, Devereux faces her own life and death situation.  Davyss must make it to her side before her life slips away... praying to God to spare the life of the one good thing, the very best thing, that has ever happened to him.  Lespada is a love story for the ages

THE WHISPERING NIGHT - Historical (Medieval) Romance

1197 A.D. – Sir Garren le Mon is an agent for Richard the Lion Heart in the political war against his brother, John. Under the command of William Marshall, Chancellor of England, Garren is the king’s most trusted and loyal servant. When Garren is ordered to marry into a family deeply loyal to Prince John, the knight is understandably reluctant; the House of de Rosa is infamous for its bloodlust and bizarre characters. Upon meeting the Lady Derica de Rosa, however, Garren thinks perhaps that the marriage may not be all that unpalatable. Derica is beautiful and humorous, and Garren is smitten. Upon the eve of the betrothal, however, Garren’s identity as a spy is discovered and he is set upon by the de Rosa’s. With Derica’s help, he escapes execution and together the two of them begin an enormous trek across England and Wales to flee her pursuing family.  When William Marshall discovers that Garren has deviated from his orders, he too goes in pursuit of him, undermining Garren’s trust with a friend he has known since childhood. Duty soon separates them and Garren stages his own death in battle in order to free himself of William Marshall’s directives. But news of his death gets back to Derica, who finds herself a pawn between her family and William Marshall as she grieves for the man she loved and now has lost. It is a race against time for Garren to return to his wife before she is forced to marry another, all in the name of politics.

Lady of Heaven - Contemporary Adventure Romance

Present Day: "Lady of Heaven" stars Dr. Fox Henredon, a British Egyptologist and museum curator, and Morgan Sherburn, a cop from Los Angeles who, while cleaning out her family's manor after the death of her great-grandfather, stumbles across her great-grandmother's journal from her trip to Egypt back in the 1920's.  Morgan has been told that her great-grandmother died in Egypt of a fever but she comes to discover through the journal that her great-grandmother may have been murdered because of a mysterious papyrus that is still in the family's possession. She enlists Dr. Henredon to help her figure out the mystery, but when those two come together, the sparks fly.  Morgan is determined to go to Egypt to track the clues of the "Lady of Heaven" papyrus, an ancient document alluding to the tomb of the goddess Isis, and Fox goes with her. Together, they have some of the wildest adventures ever - I don't want to give the plot away but suffice it to say that this story has more twists and turns than a windy mountain road. Old legends become truth, friends turn out to be enemies, and in the middle of it, Morgan discovers the truth about her great-grandmother that she could have never imagined.  Even though this is an adventure novel, the romance is the strongest aspect of it. The recurring theme is the dedication of family and of true love.

THE FALLS OF ERITH - Historical (Medieval) Romance

1305 A.D. - Being descended from great, though disgraced family, can be a greater curse than most. As a direct descendent of Simon de Montfort, Lady Gray de Montfort Serroux has lived her life with the axe of shame hanging over her head.  Because of this, her marriage matches were limited and she wed a dishonorable man who widowed her when he was murdered in a gambling game.  Left with a young daughter to support, Gray and her daughter and her mother have been living in poverty. But now her daughter is approaching marriageable age and Gray’s conniving, haughty mother plots to marry the girl to the first wealthy man who offers for her hand.  Meanwhile, an army of mercenaries seeks shelter at Gray’s crumbling castle. Their leader, Sir Braxton de Nerra, is a knight bannerette. Not sworn to a single liege, he travels with his mercenaries and has accumulated a good deal of wealth fighting other people's battles. Taken with the beautiful Lady Gray even as the lady’s mother tries to force the granddaughter upon him, Braxton finds himself drawn into the desperate life they lead at the Castle Erith.  As Braxton and Gray fall in love, Gray's mother, the evil Constance, continues to wreak havoc, now aimed at the man who so desperately loves her daughter. Braxton realizes that he must fight back against the woman for what he knows is right and just, and an bizarre battle ensues between the two.  Constance is finally exiled from Erith for her treachery but not before she has committed one final act of betrayal; because of Constance's lies, the mighty earldom of Gloucester is now angry with Braxton and focuses its war machine on the mighty mercenary.  Braxton fights for his new home, his new family, and is finally forced into the ultimate act of self-sacrifice to save those he loves.

TO THE LADY BORN - A Historical (Medieval) Romance

1388 A.D. - The Lady Amalie de Vere is the sister to the Robert De Vere, Duke of Ireland, Earl of Oxford, and personal confident and lover to Richard II.  When trouble arises between the king and Henry of Bolingbroke, the Duke of Ireland flees for his life, leaving his sister behind and at the mercy of his enemies.  Bolingbroke confiscates Hedingham Castle, the duke's seat, and Lady Amalie along with it.  The Bolingbroke commander of Hedingham is a vile man who punishes Robert de Vere by raping and beating his sister.  A kind soldier takes pity on the lady and hides her until the commander is recalled by Bolingbroke and another is sent in his place.Enter Sir Weston de Royans.  A powerful, pious knight from a good Yorkshire family, his first introduction to Lady Amalie is when she tries to kill herself.  He saves her from death, repeatedly,  and comes to know a beautiful, intelligent and humorous young woman who is in great torment. He knows she was treated less than kindly by his predecessor but no more than that; as he falls in love with this lovely, distraught woman, Amalie comes to feel the same way but knows that it can go no further. Unbeknownst to anyone, the brutal rape resulted in a pregnancy and Amalie feels her only recourse is to commit herself to the convent.  Weston, distraught to realize the woman he loves has secretly committed herself, goes to the convent daily for months with the intention of proposing to Amalie, but Amalie sends him away day after day.  He finally sneaks into the convent to confront her and Amalie's dark secret is apparent to him.  Now the pious knight with the high moral standards must decide if his heart can overcome his sense of morality.  When Amalie confesses that the pregnancy is the result of the rape, all is forgiven and Weston happily marries her. They live happily for for four  years until the situations changes; Weston, in fact, has a dark secret of his own. Years ago, Weston's father committed suicide because his wife, Weston's mother, left him for his own father.  Now Weston's grandfather, his mother's husband, has died and Weston is the heir to a great baronetcy in North Yorkshire.  Weston, Amalie and their two children travel north to assume their seat at Netherghyll Castle. Complicating the issue is Weston's mother, still living at Netherghyll Castle.  Weston has not spoken to his mother since he was six years old and Amalie finds herself in the difficult position between her husband and his mother.  Only Amalie gentle nature can convince Weston that perhaps it is time to forgive his mother after all of these years. He finally makes the attempt, demanding an explanation as to why Lady Elizabeth de Royans left her husband for his father, and Weston comes to understand a very difficult and complicated story from those years ago, one worth of his forgivness. As Weston and his mother re-establish their long-dormant relationship, Weston decides to compete at a local tournament in order to announce himself as the new Baron Cononley.  Many houses are competing in this tournament and he comes to discover that his predecessor at Hedingham Castle, the very man who raped and humiliated his wife, is in attendance.  Now Weston is focused on bringing about justice for his sweet Amalie and once and for all punishing the man who very nearly ruined her life.  In a brutal showdown on the tournament fields of Keighley, Weston de Royans seeks vengeance and fights for his life against a man so dark, so evil, that he can only be described and kin and kith to the Devil himself.

Gabriel “Gart” Forbes is the most powerful knight in the arsenal of David de Lohr, Baron Thornden, brother to the mighty Earl of Hereford.  When Julian de Moyon, Baron Buckland, summons Thornden for critical support, Gart travels to Dunster Castle to meet with Buckland.  Upon arrival, he is set upon by three young boys who try to rob him, all sons of Baron Buckland.  Gart discovers that their mother, the Lady Emberley de Moyon, is the sister of his long-dead best friend. Remembering the lovely young girl from the days of his youth, Gart quickly realizes she has grown into a woman of magnificent beauty.  He also comes to realize that Julian is a monster who beats his wife.  At first, Gart is protective of an old friend but soon, he cannot control the emotions he is feeling for Emberley.  A beaten and emotionally starved woman, Emberley cannot help her feelings for a man she has loved most of her life. Succumbing to a forbidden love, Gart and Emberley find powerful allies in Baron Thornden and the Earl of Hereford as they plot to convince Julian to divorce his wife. Adding to the chaos is the fact that Julian has taken up in a love affair with Queen Isabella.  When the queen begins to find interest in another man, Julian is furious and wants to use Emberley to make the queen jealous.  Gart, however, keeps Emberley well hidden from her husband, even as the Church seeks to intervene. Through trickery, Julian discovers where Gart has hidden his wife and traps the woman, intending to kill her for her treachery.   Gart is unable to help her, listening to her screams of terror, when aid comes from the most unexpected of sources.  Divine intervention comes in many forms in this deeply passionate love story.

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