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'Ambroise 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.