In the Shadow of Midnight

IGNITED BY A TREASONOUS PLOT,
A PASSION DEFYING A KING'S COMMAND

Niece to the powerful Marshal of England, Lady Ariel de Clare was as skilled with the broadsword as any knight -- a fierce, headstrong beauty determined to disobey the King himself rather than marry by decree. No man would ever command her. And no man did -- until she met the legendary warrior pledged to see her safely to Wales, the bastard son of a nobleman who challenged her untamed soul.

She was a complication Eduard FitzRandwulf d'Amboise could ill afford, the ravishing redhead disguised as a squire in his ragtag band, a pawn in a dangerous plan to rescue Princess Eleanor from the unspeakable evil of King John. There was no room for error -- or for wildfire passions raging out of control ....