Bestselling, award-winning author Rexanne Becnel brings the glory, intrigue, and breathtaking passion of the twelfth-century Wales to life in this spellbinding tale of loyalty and love... In the name of the English King Henry, Rand Fitz Hugh has arrived to claim rebellious Wales. A fierce and loyal warrior, he is prepared for war, but boldly seeks peace, never imagining the battle that will rage within his own heart. Josselyn ap Carreg Du is prepared to marry a man she loathes in order to unite Welsh lands against the hated English. Before she can do so, Rand makes her his captive-and pawn of his politics and ambition. She fears him, not because he is her mortal enemy...but because he has the means to make her forget that. In a time of strife and treachery, when enemies give no mercy and desperate choices mus be made, love may prove the greatest weapon of all...

In the wildwood surrounding Rosecliffe Castle, Welsh rebels plot to destroy their English interlopers. Fiercely loyal to the Welsh cause, Rhonwen ap Tomas has nothing but hatred for the English—until destiny finds her seduced by her enemy, kissed into submission by a man she sought to kill, who now takes her prisoner. Through Rhonwen saved his life when they were children, her role in the plot to destroy his family demands Jasper FitzHugh show no mercy to his beautiful captive. Yet he is ravaged by his desire to take this unruly vixen in his bed and show her that it is far more pleasurable to make love than war. Caught up in a maelstrom of warring emotions, neither can predict the treachery that will force them to choose, once and for all, between their loyalties and their love...

He captured her legacy then he captured her heart. Rogue Welsh knight Rhys ap Owain disguises himself as a wandering minstrel and arrives at Rosecliffe Castle to reclaim his birthright and take vengeance on his hated enemy. And Isolde Fitz Hugh will be his pawn. With Isolde's father away, Rhys plans to seize Rosecliffe and his enemy's daughter, striking a mortal blow that is decades overdue. He has everything planned for his siege—yet he is unprepared for the desire his beautiful hostage will ignite in him... A stranger lit the fire buried deep within her, yet it is her dire enemy who reveals himself to Isolde in the throes of first passion. How she loathes him, Rhys ap Owain, the man who has brought her such aching pleasure. He used her innocence and desire to gain his stronghold in a plot to extract vengeance upon her family. Yet neither his revenge nor her hatred is a match for the unexpected passion that will force them to confront a destiny much greater than either could ever imagine...