Loyalty’s Web

She’s the daughter of a rebel. He destroyed her father’s castle. Can these bitter enemies find their way to love?

Heléne de Laurant can never forget her days of terror when the Earl of Gunthar’s army shattered the walls of her home in the name of the king. It does not surprise her that someone wants revenge for the havoc he has wrought in Poitou, but she refuses to believe her family or friends could be involved in a plot to assassinate him. She has known and trusted them all her life, unlike the flint-eyed earl who seems inexplicably drawn to her commonplace face and figure. She cannot afford to forget her ties of loyalty, just because the earl’s attentions fluster her and make her heart beat a little too fast.

Gunthar finds Heléne’s refusal to accept the obvious both annoying and dangerous. Her best friend was caught with the assassin’s dagger in his hand. However much her fiery spirit stirs him, he cannot allow himself to be as blind as she. His life and the kingdom’s safety depends on keeping his head clear and maintaining his loyalty to the king. He has sworn to stamp out rebellion among these Poitevin rebels. Even if it means losing the only woman who has ever made him feel whole when the justice he deals out engulfs the people she loves.

Heléne and Gunthar must decide where their true allegiance lies before they open their hearts to one another. But first they will have to outwit the true traitor in their midst.

Poitevin Hearts, Book 1: Men and women living and loving amidst the political intrigues of medieval Poitou (a region of France once ruled by the Kings of England.)

Loyalty’s Web is a PG-13 rated historical romance.

The Poitevin Hearts romance series is linked together by recurring characters, but each title is written as a stand-alone novel. They can be read and enjoyed in any order.