Whitebeam - The Silent Grove, #1

On the cusp of the 14th century, aristocratic young Isobel MacDuff and dashing nobleman Rob - destined to become Scottish national hero Robert the Bruce - deposit their love child for safekeeping on the remote Isle of Arran. But as Pippa approaches adolescence, the grim realities of war entangle her in her family's struggle against the English. Forced to join her father's household, she is appalled by the violence and misery he has set in motion.
But by the time Pippa begins to understand the harsh necessity that drives him, war has wreaked its terrible vengeance on her own life.