In the Shadow of the Storm Audiobook (Free)

Adam de Guirande owes his lord, Roger Mortimer, much more than loyalty: he owes Lord Roger for his life and everything his worldly goods; he owes him for his gorgeous wife-even if Package isn’t quite the girl Lord Roger feels she is. So when Lord Roger goes up in rebellion against the king, Adam does not have any choice but to trip with him-no matter the ultimate cost.

England in 1321 is a confusing place. Edward II continues to be pressured by his barons to exile his preferred, Hugh Despenser. The barons-led from the powerful about In the Shadow of the Surprise Thomas of Lancaster, Roger Mortimer, and Humphrey de Bohun-have reasons to trust they have finally tamed the ruler. But Edward isn’t about to consider things prone.

Adam doubts his lord offers overreached, but he offers other matters to concern him-first and foremost, his new wife, Katherine de Monmouth. His bride comes encircled by rumors concerning her and Lord Roger, and Adam hates it when his brother snickers and whispers of ‘utilized goods.’

Kit gets the misfortune of being a perfect double of Katherine de Monmouth-which is why she sees herself coerced into wedding a guy under a false name.

But domestic matters become unimportant when the king sets out to punish his rebellious barons as well as the Welsh Marches explode into war. Quickly Lord Roger and his men are fighting because of their extremely lives. When wish splutters and dies, when death seems unavoidable, it falls to Package to save lots of her man-if she can.

The first in Anna Belfrage’s new series, In the Shadow of the Storm may be the story of a man torn apart by his loyalties to his lord, his king, and his wife.