Where Loyalties Burn – A Medieval Historical Romance by Arianwen Nunn
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- Jul 14, 2025
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Updated: Jan 3
Where Loyalties Burn by Arianwen Nunn transports readers to a richly detailed medieval world filled with loyalty, love, and high stakes. In this emotionally charged romance, duty and desire collide, forcing characters to make choices that can change everything. Whether you’re a long-time fan of the series or new to the story, this novel delivers passion, family drama, and a gripping journey through loyalty and sacrifice.
Book Information
Title: Where Loyalties Burn
Author: Arianwen Nunn
Publication date: June 7, 2025
Series: Welsh Warrior, book four
Language: English
Print length: 377 pages
Genres: Medieval Historical Romance, British Historical
Language: English
At a Glance
Genre: Medieval Historical Romance
Setting: Medieval Wales
Tone: Emotional, passionate, character-driven
Best for: Readers who enjoy family sagas, romance, and high-stakes loyalty
Books & Benches Review
Every book has its own magic, and whether you’re a longtime fan of medieval romance or discovering it for the first time, don't miss Where Loyalties Burn by Arianwen Nunn. Read on for our full review.
Our reader's opinion. . .
A fierce and emotionally charged romance that asks what happens when duty and desire collide. Where Loyalties Burn delivers intense stakes, complex characters, and a world where every choice comes at a cost. Gritty, gripping, and full of love—this story burns bright and cuts deep.
I found the beginning a little tricky to get into because of the Welsh names, but giving them shortened versions in my mind helped me settle into the story and fully appreciate the author’s writing.
This stirring tale of love, loyalty, and sacrifice is recommended for readers who enjoy passion-filled family sagas. Although it’s the fourth book in the series, the story can still be followed on its own, though reading the first three books would deepen the experience.
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About the Book
Where Loyalties Burn
by Arianwen Nunn
(Retailer Description)
In a land torn by conquest and kin-strife, it is not only warriors who shape the fate of Wales, but the women who dare to love them.
When Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd defies her royal destiny to marry Griffith ap Rhys, a landless prince and rebel heir, she steps into a life of danger, exile, and war. At the heart of Gwynedd’s royal court, her mother Angharad watches war creep ever closer. Haunted by visions of her sons marching to their deaths and torn between loyalty to her husband, Gruffydd and fear for her children, she must navigate a world where love is never safe and power is always a risk.
But Gwenllian and Angharad are not alone in their trials. The wives and lovers of warriors bear the silent burdens of ambition, betrayal, and longing—navigating fragile truces, fractured loyalties, and the unrelenting demands of men fighting to reclaim or defend a kingdom.
As Norman power encroaches and Welsh unity splinters, these women must decide where their hearts and loyalties truly lie. For Gwenllian, the path of love means wielding a sword as fiercely as any man—and learning that desire can be both a weapon and a wound.
Sweeping and intimate, Where Loyalties Burn is a tale of passion and resilience, where the bonds of marriage, family, and fate are tested by the fires of rebellion, and the quiet strength of women shapes the future of a nation.
A sweeping saga of love, legacy, and the women who shaped medieval Wales.
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Reviewed by: Lizzie
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