Lord Fitzhume is a young Knight whose father is high up on food chain of the English royalty perks. However, William is a strong and capable Knight who earned the right to be named the defender of Higham Castle.
Rhosyn is the new healer to the local village and is skittish of English men. She is Welsh and has secrets that she would not care to divulge.
There are many factions afoot who want to bring this young knight down and some are closer than he would ever believe. The Welsh splinter groups have decided to show there power by sneak attacks.

Author Mary Gillgannon intertwines the storyline between the Welsh and English characters that you feel them come off the pages. The storyline is fresh. because it’s not a dasmal in distress scenario, but it focuses more on William and those who are around him.

I without a doubt would recommend this book!

I received an advanced copy from NetGalley and these are my willingly given thoughts and opinions.

This is the second book in the series, but can be read as a standalone.

What I enjoyed about the books were the characters William and Rhosyn, because they weren’t perfect. They had their faults and doubts about their actions and feelings. They had great chemistry and I enjoyed their banter and connection.

The book also deals with the more day to day problems of a Castle and how it is run, which was a bit different then other books.

I had expected a bit more to the story of the betrayal and attacks. That never really happens while there was a lot of built up to it.

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A good read that takes place in the Welsh borders, and has a wonderful Celtic feel to it.

The storyline and the characters are great, so is the friendship/romance of the two main characters William and Rhosyn .
They have an amazing chemistry that really holds this book together and keep the attention.

My only criticism would be that the whole story felt slow, it may have just been me, but in places I found it dragged .
I also felt a little cheated waiting for the big bad Lord to turn up, then he didn’t .

On the whole though the book was enjoyable and entertaining.
I received an Arc copy of this book and chose to post this review