Splendor — Charlene Cross

Her abductor's name was Rolfe de Mont St. Michel, and Lady Catherine hated him. Already, with each stride of his horse, everything she had ever known was fast disappearing into the morning mist. Today she was to have married in a perfect match, uniting two eminent families. Instead she heard her betrothed berated as a coward, was carried off by a mysterious knight...and became an unwilling pawn in a royal game of power...from the magnificent island abbey that bears Rolfe's name, Catherine sees the road of destiny opening before her. Each step of the way she tries to escape...But unexpected, unbidden desire soon makes her a prisoner of her own heart -- bound by love to this man whose true parentage remains a secret, whose loyalties make him a traitor, and whose passions make her feel cherished and adored...Still, every change in the tides brings increasing desperation, for she knows that one day she must flee his embrace...