Castle of refuge
(Book)

Sequel to: Court of swans.

Includes discussion questions.

In medieval England, nineteen-year-old Audrey, the daughter of English nobility and facially scarred by her abusive, mentally ill sister, seeks God's protection when she runs away from an arranged marriage proposal, to find true love, safety, and a purpose to her life.

Fourteenth-century England. Audrey has suffered her sister Maris's cruel, jealous behavior all her life. An act of malice made their father, a viscount, sent Maris to a convent, but Audrey was still left with scars. Three years later he is determined to marry off his damaged daughter, and Maris is returning. Audrey runs away, but is attacked, injured, and taken in at Dericott Castle to be nursed back to health. Working as a servant in the castle, she falls in love with Edwin, Lord Dericott, who lost his arm several months earlier. When the man Audrey's father wants her to marry comes looking for her, Audrey and Edwin must make a decision about whether or not love is truly worth trusting. -- adapted from jacket