They shared a love as dangerous as the turbulent times they lived in. He was a French-born warrior-knight, magnificent in battle, now forced by papal decree into a life of cruel exile. She was a convent-raised English beauty, desperate to escape an arranged marriage...fated to save his life and to risk her own for a dangerous passion. Divided by circumstances, they would meet again amid the pomp and splendor of King Edward's royal court. From the stormswept coast of Devon to the dazzling palaces of London and the heroic battlefields of Scotland, Michel Faurer and Madeleine de Courtenay were caught in a desperate dance of danger and desire...two unlikely lovers destined to come together in a firestorm of forbidden passion that would join their hearts for all time!