White Mare, Red Stallion — Diana L. Paxson

THE LADY OF THE RAVENS

Maira lived in the land that would someday be called Scotland, in a time when magic hung heavy on the hills and the Old Gods were revered with pageantry...and with blood. The soldiers of Rome had claimed the island for their own, but the Celts would never surrender their homeland easily. For they were a fierce people, and when they were not warring against Caesar, they warred against each other.

Daughter of a chieftain, Maira was as fierce and proud as any Celt, trained in warfare as well as in a woman's mysteries. She was of the White Horse Clan, and her beauty shone like the sun itself. Carric had loved her since he'd first laid eyes on her. Even though she was of an enemy tribe. Even though she had vowed to kill him....