CIRCLE OF HONOR

Circle of Honor is book one in the The Scottish Crown Series by Carol Umberger. Since romance is way outside of my genre preferences of mystery, suspense and supernatural thriller, you may be wondering why I chose to read this one. Simple. Carol is my mentor in the Christian Writers Guild Journeyman course so naturally I wanted to read her books.

This book is about faith, family, and love in fourteenth-century Scotland. It takes you back to a time when Scotland was in the mist of fighting for independence from England. Gwenyth and Adam - enemies by family association - are thrown together by unfortunate circumstances.

Gwenyth is torn from her family and then assaulted and forced to make a false accusation against her enemy, Adam. She struggles with her faith in God, her desire for revenge, and her feelings for Adam while living out her sentence of one year of marriage to Adam. At the same time, he struggles with guilt over his handicap, fear of dishonoring his family, and a desire to have a real marriage with Gwenyth.

The book draws you into their lives and the choices they are forced to make. The characters and the journey of unexpected twists and turns kept me turning the pages until the very end. I'm looking forward to reading book two.