Wavering in and out of consciousness from a festering war
wound, Sir Dagan was unable to protect himself when
attacked by three men. Badly injured, stripped of his fine
clothing and left only with discarded rags, the Norman
knight could barely find the last of his strength to mount
his mighty horse, Conqueror, before passing out again.
As the horse brought him forward into the village, he is
discovered by the Master Mason's assistant who immediately
does what all she can to save what she thinks is an injured
Saxon.
After the Norman Conquest in 1066, life had changed
dramatically for the people of Hendsmille in Saxon
England. While some Norman knights given lands and wealth
after the bloody battles were fought proved to be fair
landowners to the Saxons under them, Baron Guilbert de
Silva was not one of them. Loyal only to his own self, the
odious and cruel Baron demanded and got what he wanted,
including forcing the ailing and near blind Master Mason
Hadley to take over the construction of his cathedral or be
killed. While worried that the Baron would find out about
the extent of his vision problems, Hadley's real concern
was for his beautiful daughter, Rosamund, who he did not
want the Baron to notice and take to use for his own.
Thinking to outwit the Baron, Hadley asked his daughter to
disguise herself as a lad and become his assistant, Ross.
As Ross fights to take care of the injured "Saxon", Dagan
gradually realizes that his saviour is beautiful in more
ways than a lad with a gentle touch and a lovely face. As
he recovers from his wounds, Dagan vows to protect the very
determined and feisty spirited Ross from the dangerous
Baron. Can he do that without giving away his real mission
for Duke William? And for Rosamund, as her heart fights to
love, can she ever forgive him for being a hated Norman?
Drawing on her many and well known talents as a top
historical romance writer, Elaine Barbieri has brought to
life two very determined lovers with devoted loyalties to
their own sides during this unsettled time of "peace" after
the Norman Conquest. With her excellent research and
strong plot development, this is one story that will
instantly pull you back into the tensions, dramas and
smells of the times. A real page turner that will be hard
to put down!
After Norman raiders killed her family and confiscated their
holdings, Rosamund of Hendsmille dressed as a lad and
dreamed of revenge. But even roughly chopped hair and
breeches could not disguise her extraordinary beauty. Soon
she was in a more urgent kind of danger—until an injured
stranger rode into her life and taught her to trust again.
Her tears could bring him to his knees.
He became her shadow, her fierce protector, her lover, but
even as he won her heart, Dagan feared that he could never
keep it. As a warrior, he would fight to have the woman he’d
claimed as his own. But when she realized that the loyalty
he’d sworn to her belonged equally to the king she loathed,
would she relinquish her hatred to save their love?
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