My WIP is now in its final stages of checks and should release in the next few weeks. A Daughter Scorned is the story of Adela of Hamaland and the latest in the Women of the Dark Ages series. If you’ve read the other books in the series, prepare for a heroine with a difference! The others, whatever their flaws, were basically nice people. But Adela? She is one of history’s wicked women. Whether she deserves that title, I shall leave you to decide!

History is not always about good men, so why should it be about good women?

After the death of her mother and brother, Adela, the daughter of Count Wichman of Hamaland feels an outsider in the family. A spirited, outspoken young woman, she is continually compared unfavourably to her pious younger sister, Liutgard.

When dividing his wealth between his daughters, Wichman leaves more to his younger daughter, including Adela’s beloved home, Elten Castle – now to be transformed into an abbey for Liutgard to preside over. Although furious, Adela tries to reconcile herself to a life of marriage and motherhood as a countess in the Ottonian Empire.

But when tragedy strikes, Adela can no longer tolerate the injustice. She is determined to fight Liutgard for her rightful inheritance and nobody, not bishops, regents, kings, or even emperors, can be allowed to stand in her way…

This is a standalone novel and it is not necessary to have read any of my previous books to enjoy this one. But if you want to immerse yourself in the Ottonian world Adela inhabits, The Saxon Marriage – the story of Eadgyth of Wessex (who is a kinswoman of Adela) and God’s Maidservant – the story of Adelaide of Italy are well worth a read and some of the characters, both major and minor from those books, make appearances in this one.