THESE WERE DANGEROUS TIMES

And none knew it better than Brys de Balleroy as he played a deadly game in the service of his queen. ''Twas an honorable but lonely life, until the night the Lady Gisele stood naked and determined by his bedside!

Gisele de L'Aigle would be no man's property, yet she'd brought upon herself the royal decree that would see her wed to the Baron of Balleroy. And though her spirit rebelled, Brys had saved her from certain death, and roused her passion in a way no man had done before.