Adam de Guirande owes his lord, Roger Mortimer, much more than loyalty: he owes Lord Roger for his life and all his worldly goods; he owes him for his beautiful wife-even if Kit is not quite the girl Lord Roger thinks she is. So when Lord Roger goes up in rebellion against the king, Adam has no choice but to ride with him-no matter the ultimate cost.

England in 1321 is a confusing place. Edward II has been pressured by his barons to exile his preferred, Hugh Despenser. The barons-led with the effective about In the Shadow from the Surprise Thomas of Lancaster, Roger Mortimer, and Humphrey de Bohun-have factors to believe they possess finally tamed the ruler. But Edward isn’t about to consider things lying down.

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

Kit has the misfortune to be a perfect increase of Katherine de Monmouth-which is the reason why she sees herself coerced into wedding a guy under a false name.

But domestic matters become irrelevant when the king pieces out to punish his rebellious barons and the Welsh Marches explode into war. Soon Lord Roger and his guys are fighting because of their extremely lives. When wish splutters and dies, when death seems inevitable, it falls to Package to save 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 guy torn apart by his loyalties to his lord, his king, and his wife.