Sworn To Thorns (Aldric Novella - 1)

Ser Aldric Vane has spent his life in service to the crown with a sword in his hand and no questions asked. When he is reassigned to the personal guard of a minor noblewoman named Lady Elara of Greyhollow he expects nothing more than tedious days and quiet nights standing outside a door. But Elara is not what she seems and the assignment is not what he was told. As her true identity emerges and her careful mask slips piece by piece Aldric finds himself bound to a woman who draws loyalty out of him like blood from a wound. She does not want his obedience. She wants everything else. And she will take it piece by piece while he stands watch and says nothing because he cannot say what he truly feels and she knows it. She knows it and she uses it.