Beginning a new series is always exciting for me, and this one was particularly so. I had been thinking and dreaming about a linked series following a company of knights on a quest, with each knight finding not just adventure but true love along the way. The Champions of St. Euphemia is the result. The series begins in Jerusalem, where our knights are given the task of delivering a package to Paris for the Templars—they don’t know it, but the package contains a priceless treasure. They soon discover that someone in their small company will do anything, even kill, to claim the prize. In the meantime, Gaston, the hero of this first book, has made a marriage of convenience with a noblewoman of whom he knows very little. Can Ysmaine and Gaston build a marriage when they are uncertain of each o
