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Set amid the turbulent court of King John, this story moves with a turbulence of it's own. Custom dictates that marriages be arranged, and good friends Nigel Crispin and Guy de Thorpe happily bind their young children for a future joining. After a very disastrous first encounter, years pass for both Wulfric de Thorpe and Milisant Crispin - years of hard feelings and strong desires that their joining may be ignored and forgotten. Time draws them together to fulfill their destiny - a bold, handsome knight and a fiercely independent young woman - to find that some wounds time has not healed. Headstrong Milisant will not tolerate the all powerful rule of any husband, especially the brutish Wulfric. For his part, Wulfric has little interest in such an unnatural, wild creature of a woman. Neither can deny
the growing desire between them, however, and its power will pull them together despite mutual distrust. By working together in the face of danger, and learning to see how many valuable traits they actually share, Milisant and Wulfric find that their inevitable joining is the perfect fate for their passionate, well-matched hearts.
Published 1999
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