The Sanctity of Hate

Wine of Violence

By: Priscilla Royal
Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
Length: 7 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No

Late summer, 1270. Although the Simon de Montfort rebellion is over, the smell of death still hangs over the land. In the small priory of Tyndal, the monks and nuns of the Order of Fontevraud long for a return to routine. Their hopes are dashed, however, when the young and inexperienced Eleanor of Wynethorpe is appointed their new prioress. Only... Read more »

Tyrant of the Mind

By: Priscilla Royal
Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
Length: 7 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No

In the winter of 1271, death stalks the corridors of Wynethorpe Castle on the Welsh border. When the Grim Reaper touches the beloved grandson of the castle lord, Baron Adam sends for his daughter, Prioress Eleanor of Tyndal, and her subinfirmarian, Sister Anne, to save the child with their prayers and healing talents. Escorting them to the... Read more »

Sorrow without End

By: Priscilla Royal & Poisoned Pen Press
Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
Length: 7 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No

As the autumn storms of 1271 ravage the East Anglian coast, Crowner Ralf finds the corpse of a brutally murdered soldier in the woods near Tyndal Priory. The dagger in the man’s chest is engraved with a strange, cursive design, and the body is wrapped in a crusader’s cloak. Was this the act of a member of the Assassin sect, or was the weapon... Read more »

Justice for the Damned

By: Priscilla Royal
Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
Length: 7 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No

It is May 1272, and Prioress Eleanor of Tyndal, recovering from a near-fatal winter fever, journeys to Amesbury Priory to visit her aunt in time for the Feast of Saint Melor. Although Eleanor hopes to regain her strength in the midst of pleasant childhood memories, death reveals a most troublesome fondness for her company.A ghost now haunts... Read more »

Forsaken Soul

By: Priscilla Royal & Poisoned Pen Press
Narrated by: Vanessa Benjamin
Length: 7 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No

The summer of 1273 is peaceful for most of England, except in the village of Tyndal, where Martin the cooper has been poisoned at the local inn. Martin had enough enemies, so the killer could be anyone. It could be his usual whore, who is about to be tossed aside for another woman; it could be the innkeeper’s niece, who has secret reasons for... Read more »

Chambers of Death

By: Priscilla Royal & Poisoned Pen Press
Narrated by: Vanessa Benjamin
Length: 8 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No

When one of her company falls ill on a return journey to Tyndal, Prioress Eleanor accepts lodging at a nearby manor. There, Master Stevyns' wife is having an affair with the groom, while a local widow acts more like the lady of the manor than the lady herself. The master's eldest son and spouse are obsessed with sin and heaven, while his... Read more »

Valley of Dry Bones

By: Priscilla Royal & Poisoned Pen Press
Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
Length: 7 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No

In the late summer of 1274, King Edward has finally been anointed England’s ruler, and his queen contemplates a pilgrimage in gratitude for their safe return from Outremer, a journey that will include a stay at Tyndal Priory. Envoys are sent to confirm that everything will be suitable for the king’s wife, and Prioress Eleanor nervously awaits... Read more »

A Killing Season

By: Priscilla Royal & Poisoned Pen Press
Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
Length: 7 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No

Baron Herbert’s return from the Crusades should have been a joyous occasion. Instead, he grows increasingly morose, withdraws from his family, and refuses to share his wife’s bed. When his sons begin to die in strange accidents, some ask whether Herbert harbors a dark sin for which God has cursed him. Perhaps there is a malign presence at this... Read more »

The Sanctity of Hate

By: Priscilla Royal & Poisoned Pen Press
Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
Length: 6 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No

The summer of 1276 at Tyndal Priory is peaceful—until Kenelm’s corpse is found floating in the millpond. When Brother Thomas concludes that the murder occurred on priory grounds, Prioress Eleanor and Crowner Ralf swiftly agree to help each other solve the crime.

The murder victim, a newcomer, was disliked in Tyndal village, and no one there wants... Read more »

Covenant with Hell

By: Priscilla Royal & Poisoned Pen Press
Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
Length: 7 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No

In the spring of 1277, Prioress Eleanor goes on a pilgrimage to a famous East Anglian shrine. There are rumors that King Edward may also visit the shrine soon to seek God’s blessing for his invasion of Wales. Lurking in this sacred place, however, is an assassin hoping to murder a king.Soon after Prioress Eleanor and Brother Thomas arrive, a nun... Read more »

Satan's Lullaby

By: Priscilla Royal & Poisoned Pen Press
Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
Length: 7 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No

It is the autumn of 1278. The harvest is in. The air is crisp. Dusty summer breathes a last sigh before the dark seasons arrive.For Prioress Eleanor, dark times arrive early in Norfolk. The head of her order, Abbess Isabeau, has sent Father Etienne Davoir from their headquarters in France to inspect all aspects of Tyndal Priory, from its morals... Read more »

Land of Shadows

By: Priscilla Royal & Poisoned Pen Press
Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
Length: 6 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No

A royal birth, a nobleman’s death, and a scarlet woman’s murderIn March 1279 Edward I takes a break from hammering the Welsh and bearing down on England’s Jews to vacation in Gloucestershire. The royal party breaks the journey at Woodstock Manor. There, one life begins as the queen gives birth to a daughter and one draws to an end as apoplexy... Read more »

The Viking Prince

By: Sarah Woodbury
Narrated by: Laurel Schroeder
Length: 7 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No

May 1148. All Dublin is shocked by the murder of a prominent merchant, but only Prince Godfrid knows that the dead man was also a co-conspirator in his brother's plan to take the throne of Dublin. With death stalking his every move, Godfrid must call upon new friends and old to find the killer--and with their help uncover a conspiracy stretching... Read more »

The Prince's Man

By: Sarah Woodbury
Narrated by: Tom Mumford
Length: 9 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No

In the aftermath of Prince Rhun's death, King Owain and King Madog agreed their children should marry as a way to seal the peace between them. Two years later, the wedding date has finally arrived, though relations between the two kingdoms have improved only to the extent that they aren't actually at war.

So when an innocent falls victim to a... Read more »

The Irish Bride

By: Sarah Woodbury
Narrated by: Laurel Schroeder
Length: 7 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No

August 1148. The wedding of Godfrid and Cait promises to be the event of the year, and even Gwen has made the journey across the Irish Sea to celebrate. Weddings can be moments around which tensions and resentments pivot, however, so when a monk turns up dead within moments of Gareth and Gwen’s arrival in Ireland, the pair put on their sleuthing... Read more »

The Fallen Princess

By: Sarah Woodbury
Narrated by: Laurel Schroeder
Length: 7 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No

Hallowmas 1144. With the harvest festival approaching, Gareth has returned from fighting in the south, hoping for a few months of peace with Gwen before the birth of their first child.

But when an innocent foray to the beach turns up the murdered body of Prince Hywel's long lost cousin, a woman thought to have run away with a Dane five years... Read more »

The Good Knight

By: Sarah Woodbury
Narrated by: Laurel Schroeder
Length: 8 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No

Join Gareth & Gwen in their first mystery together ... murder, intrigue, and romance in medieval Wales!

Five years after Gareth walked away from Gwen in disgrace, she encounters him in the aftermath of an ambush, standing over the body of a murdered king. Although it isn't exactly the reunion Gwen had dreamed of, she and Gareth join forces... Read more »

The Unexpected Ally

By: Sarah Woodbury
Narrated by: Laurel Schroeder
Length: 7 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No

March 1147. Assassination, espionage, betrayal. King Owain has ridden east to confront King Madog of Powys with the attempt on the life of his son. Rhys, now abbot of St. Kentigern’s monastery, hopes for peace and calls both Madog and Owain to the negotiating table. Peace, however, is the last thing on Madog’s mind. Recalcitrant, self-righteous,... Read more »

The Lost Brother

By: Sarah Woodbury
Narrated by: Laurel Schroeder
Length: 7 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No

November 1146. Gwynedd is at war with Ranulf, Earl of Chester, who seeks to gain a foothold in Wales against the day peace finally comes to England. On the eve of King Owain’s counter-assault on Mold Castle, the body of a woman who bears a striking resemblance to Gwen is discovered buried in someone else’s grave. Even in the midst of war, murder... Read more »

The Unlikely Spy

By: Sarah Woodbury
Narrated by: Laurel Schroeder
Length: 7 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No

August 1146. Prince Hywel has called all the bards of Wales to him for a music festival to mark the third anniversary of his rule over Ceredigion. He has invited all the lords of Wales too, including his father, his uncle, and his neighbor to the south, King Cadell. But with the highborn also come the low: thieves, spies, and other hangers-on.... Read more »

The Favored Son

By: Sarah Woodbury
Narrated by: Laurel Schroeder
Length: 8 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No

November 1147. Gareth and Gwen have again been called to a castle belonging to Robert, Earl of Gloucester, this time by Prince Henry, who insists his uncle was murdered. Allying with Normans doesn't come easily to Gareth and Gwen, but initial doubts are swept aside as more losses come to light. Because Robert's death has upended the balance of... Read more »

The Uninvited Guest

By: Sarah Woodbury
Narrated by: Laurel Schroeder
Length: 8 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No

Join Gareth & Gwen for murder, intrigue, and romance in medieval Wales!

Gareth has returned from the south, and Gwen is overjoyed to find their bond as strong as ever, but all is not well in the court of Owain, King of north Wales. His future in-laws are untrustworthy, the Norman lords on his eastern border are restless, and among his wedding... Read more »

The Renegade Merchant

By: Sarah Woodbury
Narrated by: Laurel Schroeder
Length: 7 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No

March 1147. Determined to escape the gloom that has descended on Aber, Gareth and Gwen travel to Shrewsbury in an attempt to find answers about Rhun’s death, about the whereabouts and plans of Prince Cadwaladr, and about Gwen’s family ties to England.

But when John Fletcher, now Deputy Sheriff of Shrewsbury, asks Gareth to help him investigate a... Read more »

The Worthy Soldier

By: Sarah Woodbury
Narrated by: Laurel Schroeder
Length: 8 hours
Abridged: No

May 1147. Gareth and Gwen have traveled to Deheubarth in the retinue of Prince Hywel. The Prince of Gwynedd has temporarily allied himself with King Cadell and his Norman relations in order to finally evict the hated Flemings from south Wales. But while the battle goes well, the celebratory feast afterwards does not, leaving Gareth and Gwen... Read more »

The Fourth Horseman

By: Sarah Woodbury
Narrated by: Laurel Schroeder
Length: 7 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No

May 1144. Newly wedded, Gareth and Gwen travel across the border into England on a diplomatic mission with Prince Hywel of Wales. Within moments of their arrival, however, the mission goes awry and a murder case drops (literally) at their feet.

Hindered at every turn by a climate of civil war and constantly shifting political alliances, Gareth... Read more »