Historical

Rivals for the Crown
by Kathleen Givens

Publisher: Pocket

ISBN: 1-4165-0993-3 (mass market edition)

Price of Book: $7.50

Release Date: May 20, 2008

Also Written by Author: On a Highland Shore, Kilgannon, The Destiny

Hometown: Laguna Beach, CA

www.kathleengivens.com

RITA® Award Winner

Now in mass market—and new cover art!

Award winning author Kathleen Givens (On a Highland Shore) returns to historic Scotland in a passionate, authentic new novel of two childhood friends caught in a web of intrigue, conspiracies, and love… as a valiant nation’s freedom hangs in the balance.

1290: Turmoil erupts when Scotland’s child queen perishes en route to claim the crown. Two bitter foes—John Balliol and Robert Bruce—emerge as possible successors, but England’s Edward I has his own designs on Scotland.

In London, Edward has expelled all Jews from his kingdom. Rachel de Anjou is heartbroken to leave Isabel de Burke, her best friend, behind, and travel to the Scottish border town of Berwick. Danger is everywhere, but the tall dark Highlander Kieran MacDonald presents risk of a different sort.

Isabel, appointed as lady-in-waiting to Edward’s queen, attracts the notice of two men—English knight Henry de Boyer and Highland outlaw Rory MacGannon. Isabel and Rachel are soon reunited, but as the enmity between Scotland and England reaches a violet peak, each woman must decide where her loyalty—and her destiny—lies.

“With unparalled skill and an exquisite sense of time and place, Givens spins a violent, realistic tale of love, loyalty and betrayal, breathing life into characters both real and fictional.”
— Library Journal starred review for On a Highland Shore

Historical

Rivals for the Crown by Kathleen Givens

Rivals for the Crown
by Kathleen Givens