The Bastard's Blade

This action-packed lusty medieval romantic fantasy is an exciting tale of courage and sensuality full of plot twists that will keep you turning the pages. A young widow awakens to her inner strength and power when she meets the enthralling hero who is on a mission of vengeance. Lady Sera is offered as bride-prize at a jousting tournament by her double-dealing brother-in-law and must fight to reign over her own castle and her own destiny. Aethan, nameless bastard of a noble lord and a commoner, is forced to make a wrenching decision between a death-bed promise and his dangerous attraction to a beautiful noblewoman far above his station. Passion quickly ignites between the two when he must leave her to pursue a murderer and she wants to convince him to stay. Castles, crystals, and card readers color this make-believe world of charismatic characters who serve to both thwart and enable the lovers, including a villainous lord, a fortune-telling bard, a free-spirited lady's maid, and a beer-brewing Brother of Peace.