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The Siege of Hearts
Paperback
Publisher: Darryl Martel
Published: May 16 2025
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.16
Height: 0.15 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
The Siege of Hearts
By
Darryl Martel
In the war-torn heart of 12th-century England, where loyalty shifts with the wind and kings bleed just like traitors, one girl chooses silence over surrender and changes the fate of a nation.
Seventeen-year-old Elira Merrow, the daughter of a rebel commander marked for death, escapes a besieged castle disguised as a boy. Hidden in a monastery under the alias Gareth, she intends to vanish. But when she discovers her father's secret ledger, containing explosive evidence of political corruption, betrayal, and blood money, Elira finds herself hunted not just as a fugitive, but as the keeper of a truth powerful enough to shatter the realm.
Sir Aldric Vaughn, once promised to Elira in a childhood betrothal, is tasked with capturing her to prove his loyalty to the crown. But when their paths cross, he must decide whether to uphold his oath to a king or to a cause he thought he'd buried.
Pursued by spies, trapped by the shifting allegiances of church and court, and betrayed by those she once trusted, Elira must decide what she's willing to risk to expose the truth and who she might lose to protect it.
In a world ruled by blades and bargains, The Sheriff's Oath is a story of courage, disguise, and justice in the face of power. With atmospheric detail, political suspense, and a slow-burn, will-they-won't-they romance, it's a gripping historical drama about choosing the harder right over the easier wrong and standing for truth when silence is safer.
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