Defy Not the Heart
Lindsey, Johanna
A KIDNAPPER'S PROMISE

Lady Reina de Champeney's cerulean eyes gazed with scorn as they fell upon the golden giant of a man before her.  This was the knight Ranulf Fitz Hugh, her kidnapper, who was pledged to deliver her into the worst kind of bondage  --  marriage to the craven Lord Rothwell.

But Reina was no acquiescent girl to accept fate's whim.  To save herself from the union forced upon her, she offered Ranulf a bargain:  Become my husband yourself.  In exchange for your protection, I will make you a great lord.

The nuptial bed was not part of the bargain.  And the haughty Ranulf soon made it clear that he would accept no marriage of convenience:  Come to me of your own free will  --  or I will take you!