A Tale of Thorns and Honey

A Welsh Chieftain’s Daughter, An English Warlord, And A Love That Defies Their World

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It is the year 1277, and the fiercely brave Enith ab Owen must leave Wales and all she loves to go to King Edward of England as guarantee to the peace of her father’s clans. There, she meets the warlord Hugh fitz Alan, Edward’s mighty right hand man and close friend, a man determined to subdue the fiery Welsh beauty. But Enith has bathed, shrouded and buried five beloved brothers brought home from battle and, however strongly the handsome, war scarred English lord draws her, she is determined to never do so again. Yet beneath her defiance rages a fierce desire for Hugh, and she breathes a sigh of both relief and regret when she is returned to her beloved father and clan. Then Wales rises once again, and the tide of battle delivers her to Hugh’s bed, but he cannot hold her.

Magnificently matched in passion, they are sundered by loyalty, Hugh to the royal cause, Enith to her beloved father and clansmen. Bitterness and violence rise between them and not until they each are brought to their knees by grievous loss will they be free to turn to each other in love’s proud and triumphant surrender.

A Tale of Thorns and Honey is a well researched and extraordinary saga of love and war set within the turbulent conflicts of Celtic Wales and feudal England, a saga that is mirrored in the story of the two passionate, willful people trapped within them. Kate O’Donnell brings thirteenth century provocatively alive in an intensely moving, luminous love story that will sweep you into the tumultuous history of the era and the lives of a multitude of diverse and intriguing characters you will never forget.

A gripping tale you don’t want to miss!