HER BRIDEGROOM WAS THE HANDSOMEST KNIGHT IN FRANCE—AND UNDER OATH TO STAY OUT OF HER BED! When comely Mariette's scheming uncle arranged her marriage to Raoul de Valences, she bent to his will despite her unhappiness. But when-she reached her husband's castle, she found not the withered old man she expected, but a glorious young knight—who bad taken a sacred vow of chastity. Until his army drove the English out of France, the dark haired warrior would honor his vow and deny his desire... and Mariette would use her every wile to seduce the man who bad become everything to her!