Linda Lang Bartell

Forced to marry Brand Ericson, a knight of the defected Anglo-Saxon armies, Marisa de Brionne, the spoiled and beautiful daughter of a Norman nobleman, becomes irresistibly drawn to the stranger who is her husband.

LET ME LOVE YOU... " As he whispered endearments, his warm breath gently caressed her neck, sending shivers coursing through her His lips moved hungrily to possess hers, igniting a wildfire of passions deep within her She was powerless to resist him. But the sweet rapture of love from the magnificent golden-haired knight could not erase the pain of Brianna's tortured conscience. How could she so wantonly desire this Norman invader whose armies ruthlessly destroyed her people? Yet there was much Brianna didn't know --- about her enemies and her friends. And only the searing passion of the man who had captured her very soul could still the anguish in her heart and allow her to discover the ecstasy of a love that promised forever.

"Let me chase away your demons, Caressa mine." His lips met hers as she lay back against the soft, scented pillows, and made the blood dance in her veins.... Ravishingly beautiful young Caressa Chiari Ruggerio was barely a wife before she became a widow in the land of danger and intrigue that was Renaissance Italy. Betrayed by lust and madness, she vowed never to entrust herself to another man again. But that was before Dante de' Alessandro came into her life...this man who was known as a lion in war and a master in bed...this man who made her a proposal too hard to resist...this man who brought her forbidden hopes and dreams to life with the power of his love....