With Merlin dead, the succession undecided, and the Celtic church on the defensive from Rome, intrigue sweeps the court of the High King Arthur. But it’s battlefield news that consumes Queen Gwenhyfar’s young scribe, Kella O’Toole: her fiancé is dead and her father gone missing. Determined to find him at all costs, Kella defies the queen’s orders and sets out for Pictish territory.

Exiled in shame and wounded in battle, Caden O’Byrne accepts a mission of penance: to search for his healer’s long-lost daughter. But the lovely minstrel Sorcha has robbed him blind --- to help finance her work of buying young captives and returning them to their families. She’s also gone into debt and promised to marry a man she doesn’t love. But before she and Caden can sort out the situation, a treacherous murder forces them to run for their lives…together.

Brenna of Gowrys, a woman orphaned during a 20-year blood feud, is destined to spend her life in hiding with only her wolf and her faith in God as companions. When she rescues a man badly wounded from an ambush, she believes he may be the answer to her deep loneliness. But can their love overcome years of bitterness and greed…and bring peace and renewed faith to the shattered kingdom?