Hurt and disbelief whirled in her head. "Because you don't trust me."
The Lady Alon Maer, wife of duke Kien Bartheylen, is pregnant and seriously ill. Swordfighter Kyer Halidan, along with her company of friends, takes on the mission to find a cure. If they fail, Alon and her baby will die.
An alluring stranger who calls himself The Guardian turns up along the way and gives Kyer timely warnings, earning her trust, and hinting at her true identity. But is he helping her, or serving his own ends?
An uncanny escape, a gift from a dead warrior, a shocking message for Kyer's ears only, all sow suspicions among her friends that she is not who she claims to be. Even as their faith in her is tainted, her nemesis plots his vengeance: exposing unassailable evidence that it is Kyer who is attempting to murder Alon Maer.
Reviews:
~Theresa Miller - author of Mushrooms, Magic and Murder: “I love this series. I just finished book three at two in the morning last night. For reference, I go to bed around nine. I just kept thinking just one more page. Just one more...”
~Ruby Seah - Goodreads Reviewer: WARNING: "Clear your schedule for TWO books in a row because the end of this book leaves you with a cliffhanger only satiated by Gatekeeper's Deception II - Deceived!"
~Laura - Goodreads Reviewer: "I am left with the ache of having to wait for the third installment. She better be writing fast."
About Krista Wallace
Krista started out as a singer, studied Theatre and got her degree in Acting at UVic, then eventually added writing to her creative endeavours. She has sung classical, musical theatre, rock, R&B and jazz. She has been the vocalist for FAT Jazz for something like 427 years, and is half of a jazz duo called The Itty Bitty Big Band. She writes primarily fantasy, but dabbles in other genres, in both short and long ction. Combining all her artistic exploits, she took on audiobook narration, and producing a podcast, [Totally Fantastic Title], which then branched into the production of her own audiobooks. Krista grew up in the Port Coquitlam vortex, and so was naturally pulled back there after her time away.