The Golden Rose: Book Two of the War of the Rose

Kathleen Bryan returns with the sequel to The Serpent and the Rose.

Beautiful Averil is now the Duchess of Quitaine, but to keep her people safe, she made a vow to the traitor King of Lys. After a year, she would come to his Court in Lutece, and choose a husband from the men he offers her. Averil must produce an heir – not only to Quitaine, but also to all of Lys; for she is the only daughter of the King's sister, and he has no wife or child of his own.

But Averil's heart is in the keeping of...