The Cygnet
Brigand Blood?

Vera, she had called herself, claiming to own no other name. But the sylvan-bred girl before him had an ethereal beauty that whispered of something noble in her past.  Something that could save Giles Rathborne from ruin... or send him to the Tower.

Dark-visaged and demanding, Giles, Lord of Rathborne, had need of her help. Mayhap that was so. Vera knew only that he already had her heart. For the lord of the manor had awakened in her a scintillating passion rivaling any intrigue to be found at Elizabeth's glittering court!