The Steward's Discovery at Blackthorn
A Medieval Mystery Romance

About this book:

When the royal deed that secures Blackthorn Manor's survival vanishes, Lady Genevieve d'Arcy has six days before Candlemas to find it—or lose her lands to the brutal Sir Guy of Morston, who holds a forged charter and an army of forty men. Her only ally is Thomas Finch, the steward who rose from the sheepfolds to master the manor's crumbling accounts, a man whose loyalty is as sharp as his quill and whose gaze lingers too long on the lady he can never have.

As they scour moldering ledgers and secret chambers, they uncover a six-year conspiracy written in scraped parchment and cut pages—proof that Sir Guy's treachery reaches deeper than the manor's frozen foundations. With the High Sheriff in Morston's pocket and the boundary stones set to be moved at sword-point, Genevieve and Thomas must decipher her father's final riddles before the feast day dawns. Every hidden coffer, every erased margin note, every whispered legend of the old chapel roof becomes a clue in a race where failure means not just ruin, but a marriage bed Genevieve would rather die than accept.

In a hall where the hearth has long gone cold, two people separated by bloodline and law find a warmth that defies the rigid hierarchies of medieval England. *The Steward's Discovery at Blackthorn* weaves meticulous historical detail with breathless suspense and a slow-burn romance that smolders beneath duty's heavy mantle—perfect for readers who crave the atmospheric intrigue of Ellis Peters and the forbidden passion of Anya Seton.