The Marriage Bed — Claudia Dain

It started with a kiss, an explosion of longing that could not be contained. He was a young knight bent on winning his spurs; she was a maiden promised to another man; theirs was a love that could never be.

But a year's passing and a strange destiny brought them together again. Now he was a monk desperately fleeing temptation, and she was the lady of Dornei, a woman grown, yearning to fulfill the forbidden fantasies of girlhood. They were a couple with nothing in common but a wedding night neither would ever forget.

Eager virgin unwilling bridegroom, yielding softness and driving strength, somehow they must become one soul, one purpose, one body within ...

Hero: Richard
Heroine: Lady Isabel of Dornei