She is the girl of his foe . as well as the keeper of his heart.

Richard de Claiborne, the dark earl of Dunsmore, serves King Edward Plantagenet very well. Sworn to obey his king’s every order, he even so chafes at the command word he wed the daughter of his enemy-a man who slew his father in cold blood.

But Ruler Edward wants tranquility in his lands, and he’ll stop at nothing to get it. If he has to order his most powerful Marcher lord to marry a Welsh princess, he considers it a little cost to about The Dark Knight’s Captive Bride-to-be pay.

Princess Gwenllian is a political pawn. When she’s pressured to marry the evil Black Hawk de Claiborne, she quakes at his fierceness and brutality. But she will her duty to her dad and her people, knowing she will by no means surrender to her enemy.

In the halls of Black Hawk’s great keep, Gwen glimpses a man who could be tender and passionate-and who teaches her about breathtaking sensuality and a desire so excellent it threatens every vow she ever made to keep her heart locked tight.

As war once again looms between Wales and England, Gwen realizes an awful truth: she’s in love with the foe. When long-buried secrets threaten to damage her fragile pleasure, she must make an awful choice-or watch the person she enjoys sacrifice his life to save hers . . .

Contains mature themes.