Guardian of Hope: She came back to start over — but her dead husband's secrets, a conspiracy threatening the throne, and the man who never stopped waiting won't let her.

Grendolyn Hoff returned to Sitna with a baby on her hip and a plan: build a life for her daughter, alone, on her own terms. She doesn't need anyone. She especially doesn't need the reformed troublemaker who spent years trying to be worthy of her love while she spent years making sure he knew he had no place in her life.

But her late husband Riga's secrets have a way of surfacing. And when those secrets point straight to a conspiracy threatening the throne itself, the people behind it don't care that she had no part in it.

Harnu Poe isn't standing aside while danger circles Gren and her daughter. Even if it means facing everything from the past he fought so hard to leave behind.

The conspiracy won't stop until they're both silenced. And when they stand together against the shadows, Gren will have to face the truth she's been running from: she can't lose him.

But can she let her wounded heart trust him before it's too late?

A stand-alone, faith-forward romantasy set in Jill Williamson's beloved Er'Rets — for readers who love slow-burn second-chance romance, protective heroes who keep showing up, and a faith that pursues even the most wounded hearts.

READERS WILL LOVE…

• A reformed troublemaker hero who spent years becoming worthy of the woman who won't let him in.

• A single mother heroine carrying her late husband's secrets — and the weight of a conspiracy she never chose.

• Slow-burn second-chance romance: he's been waiting. She keeps saying no. The danger stops asking.

• Forced proximity through shared danger, a conspiracy that threatens the throne, and a faith arc that runs deep.

• A God who never stopped pursuing them both — even through grief, past mistakes, and a heart that forgot how to trust.

• Clean fantasy romance. Big stakes. No spice. A love that's waited long enough.