Sarah McKerrigan

A warrior born and raised, Helena of Rivenloch is desperate to save her youngest sister from a fate worse than death - marriage. After trying and failing to murder the groom, she does the next best thing. She takes his right-hand knight, the dashing Colin du Luc, as her hostage.

She always ran from the law. Now she'll seduce it. A trained thief, Desiree of Canterbury can wriggle out of any tight spot with a coy smile. Until she meets her match in Nicholas Grimshaw, the most feared lawman in the shire. Ruggedly handsome and all brawn, Nicholas is the key to avenging the unjust execution of her elderly guardian. Yet the crackling passion burning between them, stoked by every stolen touch, could defeat all her plans. Nicholas is bound to Desiree by a debt of honor-though the lush, quick-witted beauty may be the death of him yet. Unwillingly installed in his household, Desiree mischievously disrupts his well-ordered life until he doesn't know whether to kiss or kill her. But soon Nicholas must use all his wiles to save them both from a merciless enemy...and, finally, claim her merry heart.

Raised to fear no man, Deirdre of Rivenloch never backs down from a clash of steel or a threat to her lands and family. But when she tricks Sir Pagan Cameliard into marrying her in order to save her younger sister, she's faced with a new kind of enemy: a husband who would turn her resistance into a fire that heats her blood...and who would use all his cunning to make her cry his name in ultimate abandon. For Pagan has made his own wedding vow. he will best his sword-wielding bride in the field by day and make hersurrender in his arms by night. Her heart will be his.. even if it means being conquered by hers.