NO POWER ON EARTH COULD FORCE BRENNA TO MARRY. No matter that her guardian, the Earl of Wessex, had betrothed her to a handsome, blond Norman knight who already had her trust. No matter that the match would be a valuable political alliance. No matter that her traitorous body yearned for his.

HE STOOD FOR EVERYTHING SHE DESPISED. Alluring Verony Langford knew full well her fate. Now that her father was dead and his lands and title granted to the mysterious Curran d'Arcy, only her grace and beauty had saved her from swift execution. But d'Arcy wanted what was hardest to give. He might trick her into accepting his marriage proposal, but she couldn't believe he would ever claim her passionate heart.

"YOU, MY LADY, ARE HOSTAGE FOR THE SAFE RETURN OF MY COUSIN WHO LANGUISHES IN YOUR BROTHER'S PRISON." Thus did Roanna D'Arcy learn the reason for her capture by Colin Algerson, a Saxon lord. But she was no meek prisoner. She would fight him at every turn - even as she would fight her own overwhelming attraction to this man who called himself her enemy.