Books with author J. K. Swift

Over 340 Goodreads 5-Star Reviews! Action-packed adventure perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell.1314 AD. A druid priestess enlists the help of an ex-Hospitaller warrior and a charismatic outlaw to fight Austrian tyranny in medieval Switzerland. ALTDORF tells the events leading up to one of the greatest underdog stories of the medieval age, the Battle of Morgarten.“Re-imagining the William Tell legend—without William Tell.”At the end of the 13th century, five hundred orphans and second sons are rounded up from villages in the Alpine countryside and sold to the Hospitaller Knights of St John. Trained to serve as Soldiers of Christ, they fight in eastern lands they know nothing about, for a cause they do not understand.Thomas Schwyzer, released from his vows by the Grandmaster of the Hospitallers, returns to the land of his birth a stranger. Once a leader of men, and captain of the Order’s most famous war galley, he now settles into the simple life of a ferryman. He believes this new role to be God’s reward for years of faithful service fighting the Infidel in Outremer.Seraina, considered a witch by most, a healer by some, is a young woman with a purpose. A Priestess of the Old Religion, and the last Druid disciple of the Helvetii Celts, she has been gifted by the Great Weave to see what others cannot. Her people need her guidance and protection now more than ever. For Duke Leopold of Habsburg, in his efforts to control the St. Gotthard Pass, builds a great Austrian fortress in Altdorf. Once finished, the Habsburg occupation will be complete, but the atrocities visited upon her people will have just begun.Set in medieval Switzerland, ALTDORF is the first book in a two-book series.

A doomed mission. The Kingdom of Jerusalem hanging by a thread. One Knight Justice must face his greatest fears or die trying… Brother Foulques de Villaret just wants to stay in Acre and perform his sworn duties. Instead, the young Hospitaller Knight of Saint John must undertake a dangerous journey from the Holy Land to a remote village nestled in the Alps, the ‘Spine of the World’. His mission: buy 500 peasant boys and return them to Acre to be trained as Soldiers of Christ. Pursued across the Mid-Earth Sea by slavers, Brother Foulques and his Army of Children are about to be thrust into a confrontation with the greatest warriors the East has ever known: the Mamluks. To survive, Brother Foulques must turn to risky alliances… and pray that his choices do not lead them all to destruction. Acre is the first book in the Hospitaller Saga, a series of breathtaking historical novels set in the late 13th century. If you like action-packed adventure and authentically rich fiction, then you’ll love J. K. Swift’s historically epic masterpiece.

I guess it was only a matter of time before it happened.Before everything changed and there was nothing I could do about it.I made a dumb mistake, but did my mom really have to send me off to freaking Vermont, to live with my dad? All the kids at my new school are a bunch of snobs and they can smell the fear on me.Then there are the four elite boys who could be gods--well, at this school they are gods--and they have the bodies to match.Soon they have their sights on me and I'm captivated by each one of them and the more I try to resist, the more they taunt me and pull me into their world.FML.They think they have me figured out.They think that I won't stand up for myself.They think that I can be be bought to go away.But they're wrong.This is the first in a series.

Welcome back to Edson Woods Prep!I'm new to this world of privilege, where the powerful can get away with whatever they want, including me. But can I trust myself not to fall for their games?I was humiliated and laughed at. I thought things would be different but that was a huge mistake.I guess it’s true what they say: everybody plays a fool sometimes. After the events of my first month at Edson Prep, I know people can be cruel and mean. But I also know that I can’t let them think they have won.The guys I thought were going to be my friends stabbed me in the back and laughed. My main tormentor is wicked and sexy as hell but I’m determined to turn things around in my favor.I know it’s mainly my fault for letting them in, but no one is ever entirely blameless.Blameless is the second in this upper YA series of bully romance books. The main characters are 18 and older, and this is a slow burn RH. Priceless (Book 1) must be read first.

A doomed mission. His kingdom hanging by a thread. One Knight Justice must face his greatest fears or die trying…Brother Foulques de Villaret just wants to stay in Acre and perform his sworn duties. Instead, the young Hospitaller Knight of Saint John must undertake a dangerous journey from the Holy Lands to a remote village nestled in the Alps, the ‘Spine of the World’. His mission: buy 500 peasant boys and return them to Acre to be trained as Soldiers of Christ. Pursued across the Mid-Earth Sea by slavers, Brother Foulques and his Army of Children are about to be thrust into a confrontation with the greatest warriors the East has ever known: the Mamluks. To survive, Brother Foulques must turn to risky alliances… and pray that his choices do not lead them all to destruction.Acre is the first book in the Hospitaller Saga, a series of breathtaking historical fantasy novels set in the late 13th century. If you like action-packed adventure, authentically rich fiction, and a twist of fantasy, then you’ll love J.K. Swift’s historically epic masterpiece.

A wild land too mountainous to be tamed by plows…A Duke of the Holy Roman Empire, his cunning overshadowed only by his ambition…A young Priestess of the Old Religion, together with a charismatic outlaw, sparking a rebellion from deep within the forests…And an ex-Hospitaller caught between them all.“Re-imagining the William Tell legend—without William Tell.”At the end of the thirteenth century, five hundred orphans and second sons are rounded up from villages in the Alpine countryside and sold to the Hospitaller Knights of St John. Trained to serve as Soldiers of Christ, they fight in eastern lands they know nothing about, for a cause they do not understand.Thomas Schwyzer, released from his vows by the Grandmaster of the Hospitallers, returns to the land of his birth a stranger. Once a leader of men, and captain of the Order’s most famous war galley, he now settles into the simple life of a ferryman. He believes this new role to be God’s reward for years of faithful service fighting the Infidel in Outremer.Seraina, considered a witch by most, a healer by some, is a young woman with a purpose. A Priestess of the Old Religion, and the last Druid disciple of the Helvetii Celts, she has been gifted by the Great Weave to see what others cannot. Her people need her guidance and protection now more than ever. For Duke Leopold of Habsburg, in his efforts to control the St. Gotthard Pass, builds a great Austrian fortress in Altdorf. Once finished, the Habsburg occupation will be complete, but the atrocities visited upon her people will have just begun.Set in medieval Switzerland, ALTDORF, a novel of The Forest Knights, is the first book in a two-book series.