Late 12th Century Scotland, a self-proclaimed King Bartholomew Kilgore, seizes power through bloodshed. But the true royal line-hidden in plain sight--is born in secret. The MacKenzie holding falls, Laird Liam MacKenzie is slain. The Four lairds of the highlands arrive too late to save him, but not too late for justice. They descend upon the enemy like an unforeseen storm. The Kingdom's future is thrown into chaos. William, Wyatt, and Grant, three boys escape the massacre only to be swept by the current into England. Now, wards of King William, their identities erased, are forged into weapons for a different war.
Violence ripples outward. In Raven Hollow another family is slaughtered. Two sons forged by vengeance: "Angus: the mercenary who hunts the clan making him an orphan & Killian, the laird haunted by a murdered mother and lost past.
Wyatt, forever 2nd-born by 3-min. conspires with the ghosts of the past, and orchestrates the murder of his older twin brother, William.
Royalty
Political Intrigue
Betrayal
Revenge
Hidden Identity
Family
Battle
Historical Romance
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction
Length4 hrs 34 mins
Publish dateOct 23, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
21Chapter 18
2Prologue: Part1
22Chapter 19
3Prologue: Part2
23Chapter 20
4Chapter 1
24Chapter 21
5Chapter 2
25Chapter 22
6Chapter 3
26Chapter 23
7Chapter 4
27Chapter 24
8Chapter 5
28Chapter 25
9Chapter 6
29Chapter 26
10Chapter 7
30Chapter 27
11Chapter 8
31Chapter 28
12Chapter 9
32Chapter 29
13Chapter 10
33Chapter 30
14Chapter 11
34Chapter 31
15Chapter 12
35Chapter 32
16Chapter 13
36Chapter 33
17Chapter 14
37Chapter 34
18Chapter 15
38Chapter 35
19Chapter 16
39Chapter 36
20Chapter 17
About the author
GinaMarie Paolone
More than a saga to me; drew on my experiences of abandonment, craving for safety, the corrosive presence of ppl hiding behind false faces, sociopaths, narcissists, manipulators. I gave a voice thru stone walls & hills. Wrapped in plaid, w/ a dagger to wield. Took betrayal & silence, forged into saga, truths are masked & identities shift.
The plots and subplots are wholly imagined, fueled by my understanding of betrayal, mistrust, and those who are not who they appear to be—until it is too late.
Wrapped my unspoken pain, traumas, emotional truth in tartan and steel, then set it loose
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