V E H Masters was born and grew up on a farm just outside of St. Andrews in Scotland. She's been fascinated by the siege of St Andrews Castle ever since her history teacher took the class on a visit, which included going down the siege tunnel dug out of rock and peering into the bottle dungeon where Cardinal Beaton's body is said to have been kept, pickled in salt, for over a year. When she learned that the group who took the castle and held it for over 14 months, resisting the many attempts to re-take it, called themselves the Castilians, she knew even then it was the perfect title for the story. The second in series, The Conversos, which picks up to the hour where The Castilians left off, continues the dramatic adventures of Bethia and Will in Antwerp and Berwick, England.The Apostates, the third in series follows our protagonists across Europe to where they seek sanctuary in Venice... which of course necessitated a visit to that beautiful city.To find out more please go to her website [...] and she would be honoured if you signed up for the newsletter.