It is the summer of 641 A.D., and Merwenna of Weyham impatiently awaits her betrothed: a young warrior who marched to war, and never returned. She goes in search of him, travelling to Tamworth -the seat of the Mercian King - only to discover the bitter truth. He is dead. In Tamworth, Merwenna meets Welsh battle Lord, Prince Cynddylan, who led a host of warriors to help Mercia fight Northumbria. From the moment Merwenna and Cynddylan meet, their paths are entwined. In a journey from Tamworth, through the green heart of Mercia, and into the woods and mountains of Wales, Merwenna struggles...

Autumn, 655 A.D. Princess Alchflaed of Northumbria is a spirited young woman who wishes to choose her own path. Unfortunately, highborn women in Anglo-Saxon England have no say in their choice of husband, and her father promises his daughter to the son of his bitterest enemy. This attempt at 'peace weaving' is not what is seems. Alchflaed's father orders her to murder her new husband. Charged with this treacherous task, she journeys south to her new home in Mercia. Maric - a seasoned warrior with a dark past - leads her escort. Princess and warrior find themselves strongly drawn to each...

2016 Kindle Scout Selection. BRITAIN, 657 AD Snow is falling in the Kingdom of Kent when Ermenilda and Wulfhere meet for the first time. She is a Kentish princess, determined to take the veil. He is an exiled prince of Mercia, ruled by ambition. To win Ermenilda, Wulfhere promises her father he will take back the Mercian throne. He will also renounce his pagan ways and convert to Christianity. When the king agrees, Ermenilda is devastated. Trapped in a marriage she does not want, Ermenilda struggles between her unexpected passion for her husband and hatred for his harsh, warmongering ways....