Gatekeeper's Deception - Deceiver (audiobook)

Gatekeeper's Deception I - Deceiver

"Why don't you trust me?" he asked.

Hurt and disbelief whirled in her head. "Because you don't trust me."

The Lady Alon Maer, wife of duke Kien Bartheylen, is pregnant and seriously ill. Swordfighter Kyer Halidan, along with her company of friends, takes on the mission to find a cure. If they fail, Alon and her baby will die.

An alluring stranger who calls himself The Guardian turns up along the way and gives Kyer timely warnings, earning her trust, and hinting at her true identity. But is he helping her, or serving his own ends?

An uncanny escape, a gift from a dead warrior, a shocking message for Kyer's ears only, all sow suspicions among her friends that she is not who she claims to be. Even as their faith in her is tainted, her nemesis plots his vengeance: exposing unassailable evidence that it is Kyer who is attempting to murder Alon Maer.

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To all the kickass women in my life, and to the awesome men who have our backs.

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**Acknowledgements - With each book the list of people to whom I am grateful gets longer and longer. Myst DeVana, Jonathan Lyster, and Brenda Carre: you three are supporters extraordinaire, and the English language is not adequate to express my gratitude. Also an enormous thank you to Elizabeth Stricker, Rob Smith, Stuart Hollet, Colleen Condit, Andrea Howe, and the late John Pitts.

Special thanks to the Original Six (Rob, Dougie, Matt, Brian, Phil and Garnet), to all my [totallyfantastictitle] podcast listeners, especially Paula, John, Teresa, Edwin and Chari.

Thanks Brian Rathbone and Brayden Fengler for your Photoshop expertise, and to Peter Andersen for the serpent photo on the cover.

And to my family: Matt, David & Heather, and Maggie, without whom I would be a slathery mess on the floor.