Lord Tomlin (Tom) has had a good but poorer life as the future heir of Castle Swynmoor His aunt is the one with all the power and she comes with Lady Topaz determined to see them married, whether they want to or not. Kerris Seaborn has come with the monks to present the annual offering of pickles. Tom finds her more interesting than Lady Topaz. There's an army sitting outside the castle preparing for battle. If that wasn't enough, there's some kind of magic going on with those pickles...
Kerris Seaborn has been raised in the Abby as a Foundling, from a baby left on their steps. Part of her job was to help make the barrels of pickles; but something always seems to go wrong with hers. When it comes time for the monks to take the barrels to the Castle as part of their annual offerring, Kerris is chosen to go with them. Its her first real trip outside the Abby and she has to present them in the Old Language that she has been studying and transcribing. How would I describe this story? Kind of an odd but interesting fairy tale. When it first started, I wasn't sure if I was going to like it. The enemy army was as dumb as a box of rocks. But as I kept going, it really was kind of funny. Their leader, Reynaud the Black wasn't exactly what I expected either, which turned out more enjoyable than I thought. I really hated the Aunt, she was so overbearing. That was good work on the author's part. Lady Topaz had some depth to her that comes out as the story continues. The power of the pickles causes some unexpected results.
I liked all four of the MC's- Tom, Topaz, Reynaud and Kerris, they all added to the story. By the way, this book was a clean read when it came to romance.
Expect a twist at the end of the book.
“I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review”.
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