The Montrose Bastards

THE MONTROSE BASTARDS

They tried to kill the rightful heir to the kingdom. They should have made sure she was dead.

Rose was meant to burn with her parents the night Montrose Castle fell. Instead she walked out through a servants' gate, a princess the realm believed dead, and that was the one mistake her enemies could not undo.

Geoffrey Woodstock has poisoned one king and butchered another. He commands the army, rules through a frightened puppet, and has buried every threat he could find.

He missed five people.

Rose carries her father's ring and the truth about the night Montrose fell. But a claim is only paper until someone bleeds for it, and the only people who can place her upon the throne are the ones Woodstock failed to destroy: his own forgotten blood, and the bastards he never counted.

Jean will lie and damn herself to crown her sister. Roderick stands between Rose and every blade in the kingdom while loving a woman his blood forbids him. Ricklyn guards the cipher that could hang her father. Joseph turns his gifts against the man who named him.

Each holds a piece of Woodstock's ruin. Each must betray everything they were born to in order to reclaim the kingdom.

A sweeping medieval low fantasy of royal intrigue, hidden heirs, forbidden love, and political betrayal, The Montrose Bastards is perfect for readers who enjoy dynastic struggles, succession crises, and kingdoms torn apart by war.