Courageous (Valiant Hearts Book #3)

Valiant Hearts: Where Adventure and Romance Meet Inspired by the vision of the Young Lady Sapphira Rosalind of Ipsworth joins a group of men women and children as a defender of the cross seeking to free captives from prisons near Tripoli. She gladly gives herself to the cause as she's haunted by a tragic mistake and no longer deserves such joys as marriage and family might bring. Sir Randel Penigree was reared to serve in the church but dreams of protecting the innocent as a knight. Joining a crusade to escape humiliation at home he finds himself drawn to Rosalind as they partner to train and protect a group of young adolescents. When they face political machinations danger and an unknown enemy bent on their destruction they are forced to reconsider their priorities and the very nature of the God they serve.