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When King Henry I ascended the throne, he chose a husband for Lady Elysia, heiress of the Wroxton and a most unwilling bride. The love of her childhood had been replaced bt a stranger-a rakehell, the bastard son of a nobleman whose name he could not claim.Her eyes glistening with angry tears, Elysia vowed to refuse the King's decree. Then an unfamiliar voice made her tremble, "If I will it, milady, wed me you shall." Mark had come for the heiress who was his ward. He suspected that the fiery-tempered beauty before him intrigued against the king with traitorous plots, yey his silver eyes gleamed with delight. Protest though she might, the proud Elysia was his. War was advancing toward England's shores, but Mark relished the battle before him...to discover Elysia's secrets, to deman her sweet surrender....and to win her love....