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Dark Under the Cover of Night
Jayne Castel
Romance / Historical Fiction / Fantasy
THEIR LOVE IS FORBIDDEN—BUT IT WILL NOT BE DENIED. In Dark Ages Britain, a king's daughter must decide what matters more: love or duty.BRITAIN, 624 ADRaedwyn—daughter of King Raedwald of the East Angles—has just been handfasted to one of her father's ealdorman. Although highborn women wed to strengthen political alliances, rather than for love, Raedwyn still hopes for a happy marriage like that of her parents'. But, her optimism is shattered on her wedding night.Raedwyn's life shifts unexpectedly when outlaws ambush her new husband's party on their journey back to his long ship. She finds herself captive of a bitter, vengeful warrior —Ceolwulf the Exiled. He has a score to settle with King Raedwald and Raedwyn is his bargaining tool.Caelin, Ceolwulf's enigmatic son, follows his father on his quest for revenge. Fiercely loyal to her own father, Raedwyn isn't prepared for her wild attraction to Caelin—or for its consequences. In a world where to go against a king's word means death, Raedwyn must decide what matters more: love or duty.
Path of the Dark
Part #3 of "Light and Darkness" series by Jayne Castel
Romance / Historical Fiction / Fantasy
The Lost Swallow
Part #2 of "Light and Darkness" series by Jayne Castel
Romance / Historical Fiction / Fantasy
The Whispering Wind (The Kingdom 0f Northumbria Book 1)
Part #1 of "The Kingdom 0f Northumbria" series by Jayne Castel
Romance / Historical Fiction / Fantasy
She depends on him for survival... while he is her reluctant protector. But neither of them expected to find love. The day Leofric finds a young woman washed up on a windswept shore, his life changes forever. A monk upon the island of Lindisfarne, Leofric is living in exile after shaming his family. The girl he saves is Aelfwyn. Once handmaid to a queen, she is now fleeing from an immoral king. Leofric, an arrogant young warrior forced into a monastic life, isn't used to looking out for anyone but himself. Yet the blonde and beguiling Aelfwyn now depends on him for her survival. Thrown together by circumstance, the pair escape the north together--and so begins an epic adventure. He helps her heal from the wounds of the past, while she gives him a chance at redemption--only, all too soon, the past catches up with them.
Wind Song (The Kingdom 0f Northumbria Book 2)
Part #2 of "The Kingdom 0f Northumbria" series by Jayne Castel
Romance / Historical Fiction / Fantasy
She once lost her heart to a Pict prince--but now they're on opposite sides of a conflict between warring kingdoms. Hea fell for Bridei mac Beli when she was just thirteen years old ... only her affections were never returned. Years later, she works as a seer to the king--but she has never forgotten the arrogant young Pict who once fostered at Bebbanburg. Bridei has dedicated his life to reclaiming his birthright--lands the King of Northumbria stole from the Picts. When he travels south to confront the king, he is reunited with Hea once more. Gone is the waif he remembers, instead she has grown into a striking, flame-haired woman whose fiery independence captivates him. And yet he is a Pict, she is an Angle. He may desire her, but they can never have a future together. The shadow of war looms over the north, and Hea sets out on an epic journey. She accompanies her king from the Northumbrian stronghold of Bebbanburg to the wilds of Pictland, where a great battle will decide the fate of all. Meanwhile, Bridei struggles to forget the woman he has left behind--he may rule the north, but Hea now rules his heart.
The Beast's Bride (The Brides 0f Skye Book 1)
Part #1 of "The Brides 0f Skye" series by Jayne Castel
Romance / Historical Fiction / Fantasy
The beauty who refuses to be wed. The beast who loves her in vain. A twist of fate that brings them together.Rhona MacLeod is the beautiful, willful daughter of a clan-chief upon the Isle of Skye. Desperate to remain free and bow to no man, she refuses all the suitors who ask for her hand.Taran MacKinnon is one of Clan-chief MacLeod’s most trusted warriors. He carries a secret passion for his chief’s middle daughter. However, Rhona has never been able to see beyond his scars and forbidding appearance that have earned him the name 'The Beast of Dunvegan'.Frustrated by Rhona's defiance, her father makes a decision that will force his daughter to take a husband—games that will bring warriors from all over the island, and from the mainland, to compete. Rhona must wed the victor. Finally, Taran has a chance to prove himself. If he wins the games, he can possess the woman he wants—but can he win her heart?
The Rogue's Bride (The Brides 0f Skye Book 3)
Part #3 of "The Brides 0f Skye" series by Jayne Castel
Romance / Historical Fiction / Fantasy
Some things cannot be forgotten—or forgiven. The widow trying to forge a new life for herself. The man she once spurned bent on revenge.Caitrin is a widow left to rule her husband’s territory alone. The survivor of a loveless, unhappy marriage, she vows never to let another man control her. Instead, she finds herself in charge of a vast estate.Alasdair MacDonald returns from war to discover his sister-in-law is chatelaine over his dead brother’s lands—territory that now belongs to him.Caitrin has haunted Alasdair’s dreams from the moment she spurned him years earlier. He’s never gotten over it, or forgiven her for breaking his heart by choosing his elder brother over him. Now he has a chance for vengeance, to take her young son and her new-found freedom from her. Only he soon discovers that his long dormant feelings for the beautiful widow can’t be so easily set aside.
The Outlaw's Bride (The Brides 0f Skye Book 2)
Part #2 of "The Brides 0f Skye" series by Jayne Castel
Romance / Historical Fiction / Fantasy
A woman desperate to escape an arranged marriage. A prisoner with nothing to lose. The promise that will change their lives forever.Adaira MacLeod has just been betrothed to a brutal older man—a chieftain many believe responsible for his last wife’s death. Adaira is desperate. She’ll do anything to avoid wedding him.Lachlann Fraser is a chieftain’s eldest son, and prisoner in Dunvegan dungeons. Captured after a bloody battle between the MacLeods and Frasers, Lachlann faces a bleak and uncertain future … until Adaira approaches him to strike a bargain: his life for her freedom.Lachlann agrees—he has nothing to lose and everything to gain. But some bargains come at a high price.
Warrior's Secret (The Pict Wars Book 2)
Part #2 of "The Pict Wars" series by Jayne Castel
Romance / Historical Fiction / Fantasy
Some secrets will break your heart. Friends to lovers and unrequited love set in Ancient Scotland.Ailene is the bandrui—seer—of The Eagle tribe. With her role comes much responsibility. She lives a solitary existence and prefers it that way. Ailene doesn’t realize that her best friend Muin is in love with her. Muin is The Eagle chieftain's son. He's loved Ailene since they were children yet has never gotten up the courage to tell her. But with their island under siege from marauders from the mainland he's running out of time. It’s only when Ailene dreams of Muin's death that she starts to see her best friend in a different light … only has her change of heart come too late?
Warrior's Wrath (The Pict Wars Book 3)
Part #3 of "The Pict Wars" series by Jayne Castel
Romance / Historical Fiction / Fantasy
A warrior driven by wrath. A woman willing to sacrifice herself for peace. A destiny neither can escape. Revenge and fated love in Ancient Scotland. Talor mac Donnel wants revenge. Consumed by hate, he goes into occupied territory seeking vengeance for his slain sister. But Talor’s plan goes awry when, instead of killing the man responsible for his sister’s death, he is taken captive. Mor is tired of war. Her people have swept across The Winged Isle, leaving carnage behind them. Mor is a warrior, yet all she wants now is to lay down her weapons and live in peace. And when a crazed enemy warrior breaks into their broch and tries to slay her father, she makes a decision that will change everything between their people. The instant Talor locks gazes with his enemy’s proud daughter, Mor, everything he thought he believed about life and love starts to unravel. Together, they have the chance to bring peace to their war-torn isle—but only if he is able to let go of the past.
Lord 0f The North Wind (The Kingdom 0f Northumbria Book 3)
Part #3 of "The Kingdom 0f Northumbria" series by Jayne Castel
Romance / Historical Fiction / Fantasy
A king who has forsaken passion for reason—and the widow who tempts him.Aldfrith never wanted to be king. The bastard son of King Oswiu of Northumbria, he lives as a scholar upon the remote island of Iona. But his life changes forever the day he discovers his half-brother is dead. Aldfrith is next in line for the throne. Back at the royal fort of Bebbanburg, he begins his new life as ruler of Northumbria. And that includes wedding a suitable queen.Osana, the wife of one of Aldfrith’s ealdormen, meets the new king at his wedding. Unhappily married, she fights her instant attraction to him. Likewise, Aldfrith is disarmed by Osana's warmth and directness—so unlike his cold bride. A union between Aldfrith and Osana is impossible … yet fate has much in store for them both. When Aldfrith’s marriage fails two years later, and Osana is widowed, they meet once more. The attraction between them is even stronger than ever, but love and passion are the last things on Aldfrith’s mind. He’s determined never to let lust override good sense and moral judgement … yet with every day he spends with Osana he fights a losing battle. This alluring widow could very well be his undoing.
