Valiant Hearts, Volumes 1-3 by Dina L. Sleiman, this set is made up of the following volumes:
Book 1: Dauntless Though once a baron's daughter, Lady Merry Ellison is willing to go to any lengths to protect the orphaned children of her former village. Dubbed 'The Ghosts of Farthingale Forest,' her band of followers soon become enemies of the throne when they hijack ill-gotten gold meant for the king.
Timothy Grey, ninth child of the Baron of Greyham, longs to perform some feat so legendary that he will rise from obscurity and earn a title of his own. When the Ghosts of Farthingale Forest are spotted in Wyndeshire, where he serves as assistant to the local earl, he might have found his chance. But when he comes face-to-face with the leader of the thieves, will he choose fame or love?
Book 2: Chivalrous Gwendolyn Barnes longs to be a knight, but knows it's impossible. Instead, her father promises her hand in marriage to a wealthy brutish man. When good-hearted Allen of Ellsworth arrives, Gwendolyn can finally imagine marriage as a partnership, not a punishment. Can they find love, identity, and their true destinies? Or will fate keep them apart? 368 pages, softcover from Bethany
Book 3: Courageous Rosalind inspired by Lady Sepphira's visions joins a group of men, women, and children as a defender of the cross, seeking to free captives from prisons near Tripoli. Convinced that marriage isn't in her future, Rosalind is determined to stick to her cause and help train and protect a group of adolescents with her friend Sir Randel Penigree. Sir Randel was raised to serve in the church, but dreams of protecting the innocent as a knight and 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.
