J.R. Tomlin Books in Order

Guard captain Tamra joins an allied army to defend her homeland, only to face defeat and the disappearance of her lover. As enemy priests turn battlefield deaths into power for invincible demons, secrets from her past threaten her resolve.

Judicators Tenzen and Jola investigate rising hostility toward the order whose truth-detecting powers uphold equal justice across the kingdom. As rebellious nobles secretly murder their colleagues, Jola’s streetwise instincts and sword training become crucial to exposing a growing insurrection.

After William Wallace’s death, dispossessed young James Douglas stakes his future on Robert the Bruce’s rebellion. With Scotland under English occupation, he turns to unconventional warfare to recover his birthright and help win his country’s freedom.

Scout Jessup serves an empire he resents, bound to it by his love for guard captain Tamra. When a blood ritual unleashes an invading demon army, their desperate defense ends in separation, forcing Tamra to confront a duty that may destroy her.

Captured after Scotland’s defeat in 1296, young knight Andrew de Moray escapes an English dungeon and returns to an occupied homeland. Reclaiming his castle, he raises a rebellion in the north against the forces sent to destroy Scottish resistance.

Raised to fear the First Ones, fifteen-year-old Liada discovers the priests have lied after befriending an injured creature. Hunted for learning their secret, she flees toward another empire, where a mysterious ally may offer rescue or an even greater danger.

Gambler Wrai steals a pendant hoping to improve life for his daughter, but blackmail forces him into a wider theft. When its magic opens the way for an invading army, he must recover it before his child inherits a war zone.

Newly trained mercenary Alisha is assigned to protect a princess whose family is being targeted by assassins. When the young royal becomes a fugitive queen, keeping her alive requires ingenuity, fighting skill and the courage to help her reclaim power.

James Douglas wages guerrilla warfare to drive English forces from Scotland, accepting destruction as the price of denying them a foothold. As resistance escalates toward a decisive confrontation, his duty threatens the woman he loves as well as his homeland.

Nisha’s unusual mastery of Qi should secure her a place among elite advisers, but war arrives before she has been tested. Serving a duke accused of treason, she must navigate rival ambitions while an entire kingdom faces collapse.

Young Prince James flees his ambitious uncle, only to be captured at sea by the English. Growing up in captivity, he must navigate royal demands and discover how to preserve a claim to the Scottish throne he may never reach.

Released after years of English imprisonment, James I returns to Scotland with his bride and plans for a stronger kingdom. Family rebellions and political plots challenge his efforts to restore order and threaten the life he has finally recovered.

After Bannockburn, James Douglas receives orders from Robert the Bruce to force England's surrender. Carrying the war across the border, he must turn military victories into lasting security for Scotland while confronting the human cost of his campaign.

A murdered merchant’s missing letter draws Sir Law Kintour into a treasonous struggle in fifteenth-century Perth. Ordered to recover it by an ambitious sheriff, Law must untangle competing schemes before the search costs another life.

War-wounded knight Sir Law searches for a runaway noblewoman in fifteenth-century Scotland. Finding a body turns the commission into a murder investigation, and his uneasy partnership with minstrel Cormac draws them both into a dangerous web of deception.

A death during a Highland blizzard appears a routine inquiry for Sir Law until another murder follows. Political interference, a troublesome thief and danger to his friend Cormac turn the investigation into a far more threatening assignment.

After James I’s assassination, Scotland’s six-year-old king becomes the prize in a struggle among his mother, the chancellor and powerful nobles. Sir Patrick Gray must protect the child while navigating loyalties that make friend and enemy difficult to distinguish.

Newly appointed coroner Sir Law Kintour investigates a stranger’s death in Perth as rebellion threatens Scotland. Discovering that a hired assassin is at work leaves him racing to identify the intended victim amid growing political intrigue.

Approaching adulthood, James II struggles to free himself from regents determined to retain power. A Douglas alliance with England threatens the crown, forcing the young king to defend his queen and kingdom against an overwhelming domestic rival.

Thomas Randolph answers his uncle Robert the Bruce’s call to defend Scotland, then feels betrayed after defeat at Methven. Swearing allegiance to England turns him against the king he once served, testing what honor and loyalty now demand.

Thomas Randolph fights to prove his renewed loyalty to Robert the Bruce amid raids, sieges and rivalries dividing Scotland. As he helps reclaim English-held strongholds, personal commitments and shifting clan allegiances complicate the campaign for independence.

Bannockburn has given Scotland a great victory, but England’s king continues the war despite narrowly escaping Thomas Randolph. Fighting to force a settlement carries Thomas into campaigns across Britain and Ireland, with his homeland’s freedom still unsecured.

Sir Law Kintour doubts that an apparent suicide is what it seems, especially when the dead man was suspected of murder. With minstrel Cormac’s help, he follows the connections between the deaths toward a larger conspiracy.

Young Archibald Douglas leaves an exiled Scottish court to serve as a knight’s page in a country devastated by war. Fighting toward knighthood, he discovers that the men whose legends he admires can demand dangerous and conflicting loyalties.

Thomas Randolph continues Scotland’s struggle for independence as Robert the Bruce’s health fails. Military victories alone cannot secure the kingdom, and Thomas must pursue alliances and prepare for the responsibility of protecting the fragile country after its king.

After Scotland’s crushing defeat at Neville’s Cross, landless knight Archibald Douglas remains determined to defend the kingdom. English pressure and treachery within Scottish ranks force him to question whom he can trust in the struggle to protect his country.

Archibald Douglas joins an attempt to recover Berwick while England’s king campaigns in France. When Edward returns with a powerful invasion force, Archie and his fellow Scots must find a way to preserve their homeland’s independence.

An uneasy truce with England offers Archibald Douglas little rest as rebellious nobles threaten King David. With English influence still entrenched in Galloway, his loyalty to Scotland requires him to confront enemies on both sides of the border.

Charged with protecting Scotland’s border, Archibald Douglas doubts a French-backed invasion of England but obeys his king. A devastating English response forces him to attempt a dangerous diversion that could save his homeland or destroy his men.

Eighteen-year-old Donald escapes a priory after discovering why his powerful father concealed his existence there. A rescue on the road entangles him with a wounded knight and a household whose suspicious accidents conceal a dangerous history.