*Note* There is a prequel to the series, The Bard's Daughter.
This is THE BEST SERIES EVER!!!!! Amber will attest to the fact that I read it all the time, and that I am the first to preorder the new books when they come out. Whether you like Romance, Historical Fiction or Mystery, these books are the books to read.
Knights, Princesses, Kings, Lords and Ladies, Princes and Queens, not to mention more than a little Royal Intrigue, pepper this book with a colorful plot line and some good humor. You're not going to find any weird futuristic technology or anything, but these books don't need that element at all.
Gareth, a knight, and Gwen, daughter of a bard, met and fell in love five years ago, in the castle Aberystwyth, the seat of Prince Cadwaladr. But when Gareth was sent away for refusing to cut off the hand of a boy who stole a piglet, they don't see each other until they meet on the road from Dolwyddelan, at the ambush where King Anarawd is killed. Though they want to spend their first days together in five years getting reacquainted, duty calls. They must find out who killed King Anarawd, before the wrong person gets hanged for the crime.
I have all of this series (that's been published), and I would suggest it to readers 11 and up. There are two english swear words, d--n and ba----d, and all the other words are in Welsh. There is no inappropriate behavior, though it is discussed in the most obscure ways possible. Other note: I definitely want you to read the prequel first. It's only about a hundred pages, but it is worth it.
***** <-- That is supposed to be my five stars, but it doesn't look quite like stars as I would have hoped.
Enjoy this series!! I sure do!!
Annabelle J.
