
When she helps her sister defend her Inn and meets Arland her will starts to bend until she agree’s to go with him to House Krahr to determine how well she and Helen would fit in. Seeing through Maud’s eyes her love for her first husband and consequent betrayal by him I understood more the barrier she built to save herself, and her daughter Helen from caring for anyone that much again. Instead, we learn her sister Maud’s fascinating story of love, heartbreak and honor. Sweep of the Blade is the first novel in this series to not feature Innkeeper Dina Demille.
