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Heart of a Lion
She has once been a beautful noblewoman called lady Isabeau, betrothed at birth to the handsome squire Jared de Navarre. But all that changed when the Crusades began, and Isabeau was abducted, transported to the torrid climes of the Mideast, and sold...
Jared had journeyed east, vowing to stay until he found his lady...but there his hopes died and his heart hardened. Now called the Black Lion, he is a fierce mercenary, about to begin a dangerous mission in the empty employ of a mysterious black-veiled renegade warrior...
Jared never guessed that Isabeau had survived, fleeing the erotic realms of a harem to become this legendary desert rebel. Now, face to face, Isabeau believes Jared can never accept the things she has done, the woman she has become. And as death and betrayal swirl around them, their chance for love may be destroyed...unless they learn that fighting for each other is the most important battle of all...
Jared had journeyed east, vowing to stay until he found his lady...but there his hopes died and his heart hardened. Now called the Black Lion, he is a fierce mercenary, about to begin a dangerous mission in the empty employ of a mysterious black-veiled renegade warrior...
Jared never guessed that Isabeau had survived, fleeing the erotic realms of a harem to become this legendary desert rebel. Now, face to face, Isabeau believes Jared can never accept the things she has done, the woman she has become. And as death and betrayal swirl around them, their chance for love may be destroyed...unless they learn that fighting for each other is the most important battle of all...
432 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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October 30, 2021
A great romance book that has a great character development. Not just boy meets girl and they fall in love but a compelling story of love that was lost, the trials of life that shape you and having found that love again.
April 25, 2017
Jared of Navarre was fostered by Isabeau de Lyon's family and the 16 year old is betrothed to the 8 year old. Charged to watch Isabeau, he fails to notice when she leaves, walking to the nearest town and getting swept up in the Children's Crusade. She ends up in a harem in the middle east. Devastated, Jared vows to find her and ends up leader of a hardened group of mercenaries - the Black Lyon and his Pride. Isabeau finally escapes the harem after a great deal of suffering and becomes an assassin. The two finally connect and they become lovers, but ashamed, she refuses to return to France as his wife. It finally does work out. Interesting story and time period and is relatively clean. Long book (fine print).
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