The Falcon’s Heart

Weeks short of his knighthood, Jevon was accused of stealing a precious brooch from the baron’s wife. Branded as a thief and banished, Jevon takes refuge among a band of mercenary archers who welcome the extraordinary eyesight that makes him nearly undefeatable with the bow. They dub him “le Falquet”—the Falcon. But the shame of his brand haunts him, as do memories of the woman he loved. The woman who accused him to the baron.

Constantia has grieved seven years over Jevon’s banishment. He had called her his heart’s twin. When King Henry II’s war with his sons comes to Poitou, she makes a desperate flight through the woods to warn the baron that their castle will be the next to fall. But an archer with a familiar face intercepts her, determined to prevent her from raising the alarm: Jevon, no longer an idealistic squire, but now a vengeful man.