The Breath of Peace (The Hawk and the Dove Series)

Synopsis

Madeleine Hazell And William De Bulmer Have Been Married A Year. She Is A Healer, A Wise Woman, Practical, Intelligent And Blunt. He Is Not Only An Ex-monk, But An Ex-abbot, A Man Accustomed To Authority, A Gifted Administrator, At Home With Figures - But Less Capable In Such Matters As Shutting Up Chickens For The Night. They Are Deeply, Irrevocably In Love. And Every Conversation May Become A Battlefield That Leaves Both Wounded And Resentful. When The Aged Monk Who Served As Cellarer Dies, Father John, The Abbot Of Nearby St Alcuin's Abbey, Finds Himself Critically Short-handed. Who Will Handle The Rents? The Provisions? He Is A Gifted Infirmarian, A Capable Leader, But Estate Management Is Beyond His Competence. With A Sense Of Rising Panic He Turns To His Friend, The Man Who Renounced His Vows For Love, The Former Father William - Only To Find That His Own Pastoral Skills May Be Required In Matters Matrimonial :