Leopard's Lady — Mary Gillgannon

Leopard's Lady begins with a carefree moment snatched from the strife of thirteenth-century England. As Astra de Mortain frolics in a woodland pool outside the nunnery at Stafford, she in unaware of the stranger who is watching her. He is Richard Reivers, a celebrated knight in the service of King Henry III. It is he who will save Astra's honor and her life... and become her passionate destiny.