The Whispering Wind (The Kingdom of Northumbria Book 1)

She depends on him for survival ... while he is her reluctant protector. But neither of them expected to find love.
The day Leofric finds a young woman washed up on a windswept shore, his life changes forever.
 
A monk upon the island of Lindisfarne, Leofric is living in exile after shaming his family. The girl he saves is Aelfwyn. Once handmaid to a queen, she is now fleeing from an immoral king.
 
Leofric, an arrogant young warrior forced into a monastic life, isn't used to looking out for anyone but himself. Yet the blonde and beguiling Aelfwyn now depends on him for her survival. Thrown together by circumstance, the pair escape the north together--and so begins an epic adventure. He helps her heal from the wounds of the past, while she gives him a chance at redemption--only, all too soon, the past catches up with them.  
THE WHISPERING WIND is the emotionally-charged first book of THE KINGDOM OF NORTHUMBRIA series, for fans of Historical Fiction, Historical Romance and Adventure. Readers who love Diana Gabaldon, Bernard Cornwell and Elizabeth Chadwick should enjoy this epic romance adventure set in Dark Ages Britain. Although each novel follows on historically, this series can be read as separate, standalone, romances.
 
Want more novels set in Dark Ages Britain? 

Jayne Castel has written many novels set in 7th Century Anglo-Saxon England and 4th Century Scotland.
 
DARK AGES BRITAIN:
 
THE KINGDOM OF THE EAST ANGLES
Prequel novella: Night Shadows
Book #1: Dark Under the Cover of Night
Book #2: Nightfall till Daybreak
Book #3: The Deepening Night
 
THE KINGDOM OF MERCIA
Book #1: The Breaking Dawn
Book #2: Darkest before Dawn
Book #3: Dawn of Wolves
 
THE KINGDOM OF NORTHUMBRIA
Book #1: The Whispering Wind
Book #2: Wind Song (to be released in late 2017)
Book #3: The North Wind Comes (to be released in 2018)
 
DARK AGES SCOTLAND:
 
THE WARRIOR BROTHERS OF SKYE
Book #1: Blood Feud
 
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