Night Fires — Linda Cook

SHE WAS THE QUEEN'S PAWN...

For years Alyse Mirbeau remained in a crumbling fortress in Cornwall, protecting Eleanor of Aquitaine's cache of hidden jewels. She was waiting to be freed from her lonely vigil when a dashing knight arrived to claim the gems--and Alyse--in payment for his service to the Queen. Raimond de Bauzan was everything Alyse had ever dreamed of. But she never expected to feel the irresistible desire he ignited deep within her.

...PROMISED TO A NOBLE KNIGHT

But Alyse still could not trust Raimond enough to tell him the jewels' hiding place. Filled with the anguish of divided loyalty, she tried to escape to a convent, but Raimond claimed her, along with land promised by the Queen. Yet even as she whispered words of love, Alyse knew in her heart that she was betraying Raimond, as long as she kept her secret. Left with the agonizing burden of truth, she had to find the courage to place her faith in a tempestuous love that could shatter her life--or bring her the sweetest bliss.