The Black Thorne's Rose — Susan King

THE ROSE
Emlyn de Ashborne was a lady highborn and gently bred -- but neither birth nor breeding could save her from being stripped of her castle home as ruthlessly as she was forced to wed the infamous Earl of Whitehawke.

THE BLACK THORNE
There was no safety from this monstrous lord -- save in the vast green forest where rebellion reigned and a man of mystery known as Black Thorne mocked the law. To give herself to him was to plunge into outlaw love far beyond the boundaries of the world she knew -- but Emlyn was swept up in a heedless desire that burned all bridges behind her, as she changed from a helpless pawn to a passionate player in a game of daring deception and desperate danger, with the fate of England and her own happiness riding on a man's iron nerve and her own unshakable love....