You haven’t seen an enemies to lovers story until you’ve read THE TEMPEST! Medieval mayhem and rollicking adventure has arrived for the Blackchurch Guild knights as a legendary pirate tries to storm their fortress… only to discover the legendary pirate is the most legendary buccaneer of all. And no one knows the buccaneer better than Payne Matheson! Payne is the Highlander of Blackchurch. Big, tough, and with a mouth he can’t control, he’s an excellent warrior with a supernatural gift for fighting. There is no better combatant at the Blackchurch Guild, but there’s a reason for that. Both of his parents were warriors. But he’s about to step onto the fighting platform of a much-larger world stage. Astria Julia is the daughter of Sancho I of Portugal, a royal princess by blood. She also happens to be a rebel, a lass with a mysterious past, and when she ends up at Blackchurch as a spoil of war, Payne gets much more than he bargains for with the fiery Portuguese princess. When an immovable force meets with a permanent object, it’s a battle of wills to see which one breaks first. Head to head combat between Payne and Astria soon turns to something else, something soft and warm that neither one of them recognize. When Astria finally reveals the truth behind her mysterious persona, Payne is in too deep to do anything about it. He is now part of her, she of him. And the results could be deadly. Join Payne and Astria on a truly epic adventure of pirates, legends, Scotsmen, and the curse of royal blood. At the Blackchurch Guild, the premier training ground of the best warriors in the world, anything can happen… and usually does!