Peasant girl Jane Crowe becomes a spy for the cunning Robin Hood, navigating the dangerous world of noble secrets and outlaws, while questioning his true motives and her own role as his schemes spiral into violence and betrayal. Original.
"A sultry, immersive, and heart-pounding historical reimagining of the Robin Hood ballads, told through the piercing eyes of one of his spies Jane Crow spends her long days working hard, trying to make ends meet for her family. When her mother takes a new man, abruptly abandoning Jane, her lover Bran offers to take her to the woods to walk a new path--that of the infamous Lord of the Greenwood: Robin Hood. While no one else has ever seen Jane for much of...well, anything, Robin sees her quiet, unassumingnature for all its potential. He needs a spy in the King's Houses; Jane accepts. At first, her work for Robin seems straightforward enough: observe and report on the various nobles who make their way through the King's Houses, including the new Sheriff of Nottingham, who would like nothing more than to see Robin Hood's head on a spike. But the more Jane is drawn into Robin's world, the more she's drawn to Robin himself: a man as charismatic as he is cunning, capable of plucking at her heart as easily as he notches an arrow. As his schemes get increasingly complex-and shockingly violent-Jane starts to suspect that Robin's good deeds have a darker edge: that he may care more about cementing his own legacy than he cares about the common people. And that, despite his declarations of affection, she might be just another game to him. Another object to be stolen. When Jane is caught spying, her life or Robin's on the line, she must decide: is she a prize to be won, a pawn to be used and discarded-or is she an equal player in the game between nobles and thieves?"--
An immersive, sultry, heart-pounding historical reimagining of the Robin Hood ballads, told through the piercing eyes of one of his spies.
Jane Crowe is an ordinary peasant girl who never dreamed she would work for the infamous Lord of the Greenwood. But when shes forced out of her home, she has no choice but to turn to Robin Hood for helpand he makes her an irresistible offer. He needs a pair of eyes in the Kings Houses, and quiet, unassuming Janewho has spent her whole life going unnoticedwill be the perfect spy.
At first, Janes work for Robin seems straightforward. She whispers to him about the nobles at Kings Houses and all their secrets, including the new Sheriff of Nottingham, who would like nothing more than to see Robin Hoods head on a spike. But the more Jane is drawn into Robins world, the more shes drawn to Robin himselfa man as charismatic as he is cunning, capable of plucking at her heart as easily as he notches an arrow. As Robins tricks grow increasingly dangerous, and shockingly violent, Jane starts to suspect that her hero cares more about his own legacy than helping the common peopleand that despite his declarations of affection, he sees her as just another object to be stolen.
When Robins schemes implicate Jane in a brutal murder, she must decide: is she prize to be won, a pawn to be used and discardedor is she an equal player in the game between nobles and thieves?
