The Rose and the Thorn (The Riyria Chronicles 2)

For more than a year Royce Melborn has tried to forget Gwen DeLancy, the woman who saved him and his partner Hadrian Blackwater from certain death. Unable to get her out of his mind, Royce returns to Medford with Hadrian but the two receive a very different reception --- Gwen refuses to see them. The victim of abuse by a powerful noble, she suspects that Royce will ignore any danger in his desire for revenge. By turning the thieves away, Gwen hopes to once more protect them. What she doesn't realize is what the two are capable of --- but she's about to find out.
Chronological Order

• The Crown Tower (Riyria Chronicles #1)
• The Rose and the Thorn (Riyria Chronicles #2)
• Theft of Swords (Riyria Revelations #1 ): contains The Crown Conspiracy & Avempartha
• Rise of Empire (Riyria Revelations #3 ): contains Nyphron Rising & The Emerald Storm
• Heir of Novron (Riyria Revelations #5 ): contains Wintertide & Percepliquis