num_pages: 328
description:  1305 A.D. Being descended from great though disgraced family can be a greater curse than most. As a direct descendant of Simon de Montfort Lady Gray de Montfort Serroux has lived her life with the axe of shame hanging over her head. Because of this her marriage matches were limited and she wed a dishonorable man who widowed her when he was murdered in a gambling game. Left with a young daughter to support Gray and her daughter and her mother have been living in poverty. But now her daughter is approaching marriageable age and Grays conniving haughty mother plots to marry the girl to the first wealthy man who offers for her hand. Meanwhile an army of mercenaries seeks shelter at Grays crumbling castle. Their leader Sir Braxton de Nerra is a knight bannerette. Not sworn to a single liege he travels with his mercenaries and has accumulated a good deal of wealth fighting other people's battles. Taken with the beautiful Lady Gray even as the ladys mother tries to force the granddaughter upon him Braxton finds himself drawn into the desperate life they lead at the Castle Erith. As Braxton and Gray fall in love Gray's mother the evil Constance continues to wreak havoc now aimed at the man who so desperately loves her daughter. Join Braxton as he fights for his new home his new family and is finally forced into the ultimate act of self-sacrifice to save those he loves. 
language: English
title: The Falls of Erith
publisher: Dragonblade Publishing