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In the turbulence of 1461 England, Alix Givet, the daughter of Queen Margaret’s physician, is uprooted from the court of Henry VI. Ordered to marry a cruel Northumbrian for the queen’s duty and to aid her ailing widowed father, Alix faces a loveless union. When her circumstances shift, she flees north over the English‑Scottish border, seeking safety in Scotland. There she meets a dark, brooding laird whose presence offers the possibility of enduring love—provided she can melt his cold heart.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Bertrice Small
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