Book Four in Best Selling Author, Grace Walton’s, Inspirational Medieval ChristKeepers series.
Magnus is the new Scottish Earl of Windham. Twas not a title he wanted, nor one he sought. But he will do his duty and take up the mantle of stewardship over his lands. He’s been a rough-hewn blacksmith all his life. Now he must become an aristocrat. A rake and a rogue in his youth, he’s had his fill of the lures and snares of females.
Hope, the virgin Dowager Countess of Windham, wants nothing more than peace and her widow’s jointure. She’s secured a place for herself in a cloistered abbey. There she will accomplish her heart’s desire- learning to read. And there she will be free from the abuses she suffered from both her husband and his courtiers. She wants nothing to do with men.
A scheming steward, a treacherous Mother Superior, an unknown baseborn daughter, stolen riches, and wretched pain and guilt cripple both Magnus and Hope. They each need the other for very different reasons. Magnus wants Hope as a tutor for his newfound daughter. Hope wants her promised dower to pay her way into the convent. Neither likes or trusts the other, though the passion between them is undeniable. Can they face an uncertain future together when they cannot even secure Hope’s Reward?