The Black Thorne's Rose Author:Susan King THE ROSE — Emlyn de Ashborne was a lady highborn and gently bred -- but neither birth nor breeding could save her from being stripped of her castle home as ruthlessly as she was forced to wed the infamous Earl of Whitehawke. — THE BLACK THORNE — There was no safety from this monstrous lord -- save in the vast green forest where rebellion reigned an... more »d a man of mystery known as Black Thorne mocked the law. To give herself to him was to plunge into outlaw love far beyond the boundaries of the world she knew -- but Emlyn was swept up in a heedless desire that burned all bridges behind her, as she changed from a helpless pawn to a passionate player in a game of daring deception and desperate danger, with the fate of England and her own happiness riding on a man's iron nerve and her own unshakable love....« less