
15-year-old Marieke disguises herself as a boy at the all-male archers’ guild of Saint Sebastian, which she suspects houses her father’ brutal killers. When the charming young Journeyman Tristan takes her under his wing as his squire, soon she’s determined to help him win the annual guild competitions to become the prince’s newest bodyguard. Keeping her identity hidden will be hard. Living among a pack of gorgeous boys? That will be harder still. But the hardest task of all will be keeping the vow she makes for herself: to see Tristan become the next Guardsman, without ever letting him find out she’s a girl who loves him. Robin Hood meets Mulan and Princess Bride in this frothy yet literate romp through 14th century Belgium that’s packed with humor, slow-burn romance, plenty of action, and longbow archery trials.