The Chronicles of Red Hawk, Book One: The Dawn of Trouble

Red Hawk has been raised, trained and prepared his whole life to be an assassin by the greatest of them, his father Sparrowhawk. But when he takes the job of assassinating the princess, everything changes for him and for the kingdom. Not only does he not carry out his mission, but he becomes Rebecca's champion, finding himself caught up in rebellion, mysteries of his father and new revelations about himself and his feelings for his princess.