Blackchurch Guild: The Shadow Knights

Enormous, with a Scots father and a Greek mother, Tay Munro is the stuff gods are made of. He is also the meanest, biggest, nastiest trainer of men at Blackchurch. Most importantly, he is a firm believer that women should not be warriors and he does his best to wash out the female he is assigned to train. Enter Athdara de Ghent. Beautiful and mysterious, Tay is attracted to her from the start but that does not stop his attempts to break her. When he realizes how strong she is, he becomes intrigued. Athdara is a warrior from the Flanders region, but there is a darkness about her. There is also a vulnerability. Tay, the resister of women, begins to fall for the woman he cannot break. When her real reasons for coming to Blackchurch are revealed, Tay realizes she's not there simply to learn the ways of the Blackchurch Guild. Join Tay and Athdara in a blood feud that has followed Athdara all the way to the wilds of Devon. Because Blackchurch is a trainer of men, they are forbidden to take sides in any given conflict that comes to their doors. They're not protectors, but trainers and teachers. Will Tay choose his oath to The Blackchurch Guild over the woman he loves? Contains mature themes.

It has been said that the Plantagenet royal family is full of vipers. No one knows that so well as Sir Fox de Merest, a knight of the highest order once given the ultimate assignment-to protect a royal bastard from the rage of Eleanor of Aquitaine. It was a task he failed miserably at-he fell in love with the woman he was supposed to protect, which resulted in her being committed to a nunnery. As the trainer known as "The Protector" at the most elite warrior training school in England, Fox has carved out a niche for himself training new recruits and distancing himself from the crushing failure of being unable to protect his love from a furious queen. No one knows of his past, but ten years after his abject failure, the subject rears its ugly head again. Fox's lady love was Gisele of Hampshire, and now her uncle, King John, is brokering a treaty that would see her plucked from the convent thrust into the limelight of a strategic marriage. Fox is now tasked with saving her from a marriage that would cause her death and taking her to safety-again. At William Marshal's request, he must take a leave from Blackchurch to try and finish what he started those years ago. Contains mature themes.

Part of the powerful de Reyne family, Sin is a black sheep. A man with a mysterious past and a family he doesn't speak of, he is one of the trainers at the Blackchurch Guild, the premier knight training school in England. They call Sin "The Swordsman" because of his skill with a blade, but that skill is about to be put to the test. So is his heart. Elisiana is a young lady with a problem. Hailing from a strict family, her entire life has been planned for her. Unable to live a life in chains any longer, Elisiana makes the bold move of running away to start a new life that brings her straight into Sin's path. No one knows much about the new serving wench at the tavern, but they do know she's very pretty. Having just returned from a battle assignment, Sin is returning to his training position when he meets the woman. She has spirit and they manage to strike up a friendship. But friendship turns to something and just as Sin is starting to feel something, all hell breaks loose-Elisiana's brother locates her and the truth of her identity comes out. The Swordsman must make a choice-return to Blackchurch and forget the fiery lass? Or fight for what he wants? Who he wants. Contains mature themes.