He entered her life in the midnight darkness of a
storm, and in the shadow of her father's
death. A rebellion had left Clarence of
Summerbourne dead-his castle and his daughter,
forfeit to the king's champion. Renald de
Lisle arrived at the castle gates as a warrior, took
possession of Claire like a conqueror, and set her
heart racing as her lover. Amid moonlight and
velvet, she became his bride; atop tangled
bedclothes she discovered passion. Then she
learned Renald's terrible secret and vowed revenge
against this man she had wed, this man she loved
with all her heart....
