A Silver Mirror:(Siren Song #4)

King Henry III is at war with scheming intent, and his campaign pits the lords of England against the lords of France. Lady Barbara Bigod, the daughter of an English earl, lives in the middle of it. She works to hold her own divided family together while she privately longs for the man who first stirred her desire.

That man is Alphonse d'Aix, reputedly the bastard son of a French lord. To win Barbara he has to risk his life and prove his honor, since his birth and his country put him on the far side of the quarrel.

The two are drawn together as young people, and the attachment lasts. Barbara keeps a silver mirror, a token of Alphonse's devotion, which stands for his victory and for a love meant to outlast war and shifting fortunes.

This is a historical romance set in thirteenth-century conflict between England and France, with a feuding family and a cross-border love at its centre. It is the fourth book in the Siren Song series, which runs Siren Song, Winter Song, Fire Song and then this volume.