Orrain: A Romance

Set against the treacherous courts of Renaissance France, this early 20th-century historical romance follows Bertrand d'Orrain, disinherited son of a noble house, as he fights to reclaim his birthright from the shadow of his bitter step-brother Simon. Under the calculating gaze of Catherine de Medici, Bertrand navigates a world where loyalty is currency and every handshake conceals a dagger. After losing his family to tragedy and facing exile from his own lands, he must rely on his wits, his sword, and the dangerous charm that draws allies, and enemies, ever closer. A chance encounter in which he saves a nobleman from assassins becomes the first step in a winding path toward vengeance, restoration, and a love that could save or destroy him. Yeats weaves political intrigue with genuine emotional stakes, creating a world where the whispers of court could be as lethal as any poison. The novel pulses with the longing of a man fighting not just for land and title, but for a place in a world that has rejected him. For readers who crave historical fiction with real romantic sweep and heroes who must earn everything they love, Orrain delivers the satisfactions of a bygone era of storytelling.