A Crown of Blood

Set during the bloody time of the Wars of the Roses, Isabella, is torn in her loyalties between Lancasterian and Yorkist forces. Powerful men and women like Queen Margaret of Anjou and King Edward shape her destiny. With the author's gift to breathe life into her paper characters, personas form that will not soon be forgotten. Historical and fictional characters become alive in this page-turning story of Isabella Kensington. Even though you probably know the story of the Wars of the Roses, the plot is still filled with unforeseen twists and turns. That, on top of a steamy romance, will make it hard to put the book down. The protagonist, Isabella Kensington, grows up carving out a life amidst camp followers. While her father drags his family all across Europe as a mercenary in search of fortune. During the battle of Towton, in England, it appears as if he has finally found it when destiny puts him in the right place and lets him save Queen Margaret and King Henry. As a reward, the twelve-year-old Isabella is married to a low-ranking baron. But before the couple can claim their home, Castle Faulkinburg in Cisheshire, they are capture by Yorkist forces. Imprisoned in the Tower and forced to watch her husband's execution, she waits for years, until she is finally released into the arms of her new husband. Her heart, however, belongs to another man, Gavin Sinclair, a bastard cousin to the new king himself.