Merry's family has been murdered by King John. Now she has taken the other children from her village and hidden in the woods. They live there, occasionally stealing what they need. Merry misses her old life but won't let herself think of it. She needs to focus on protecting the children. Their band has labeled the Ghosts of Farthingale Forest, but in reality, they're just struggling to survive.
Rumors of the ghosts in the woods have reached the ears of a nearby earl. Working for him is a young man named Timothy. The earl asks him to capture the ghosts to prove himself and when Timothy finds out that Merry is with them, his heart is torn. He thought she was dead, and knowing she's not, he wants to do everything he can to make sure she's safe. If the king finds out, he'll probably demand her death.
Merry is slow to trust, but Timothy works hard for it. Woven through the story is also the perspective of a man named John. He hates Timothy, and is planning on destroying him. You don't get to figure out who he is exactly until close to the end, but there's a level of tension there as you hope the villain won't succeed.
Technically, this is labeled as a teen book, but I enjoyed it as an adult. The story was engaging and the characters nicely written. The second book in the series, Chivalrous, has Allen in it. He was a pretty major character in this one, so I was glad to see his story was going to continue. Good Book!
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