Roses Series Series by Mary Pershall

Lady Eve MacMurrough, fairest of Erin's fair flowers, her flashing emerald eyes held secrets no man could resist. Defiant daughter of one king and willful ward of another, she would bring the purity of true love to her marriage bed. Sir Richard FiztGilbert deClare, sitting astride his great black war horse Taran, no English knight was bolder. To the tempestous Lady Eve he had pledged his troth, but he longed to posses in timeless ecstasy her wild, resisting heart... moreLady Eve MacMurrough, fairest of Erin's fair flowers, her flashing emerald eyes held secrets no man could resist. Defiant daughter of one king and willful ward of another, she would bring the purity of true love to her marriage bed. Sir Richard FiztGilbert deClare, sitting astride his great black war horse Taran, no English knight was bolder. To the tempestous Lady Eve he had pledged his troth, but he longed to posses in timeless ecstasy her wild, resisting heart. Born in a fierce, feudal world as cruel as it was courtly, theirs was the rapturous love destined to change the face of the Irish nation forever. less

Isabel de Clare. Her tawny beauty was a King's prize, to be locked within a brooding castle until she exchanged its gray walls for a husband's tyranny...William Marshal. The towering knight armed with a will of steel, he conquered Isabel's senses in a single blazing night.Lovers bound by destiny. His power matched her pride. Their passion was a battlefield with no quarter given - and none asked. And with every battle they gambled what they held most dear.. moreIsabel de Clare. Her tawny beauty was a King's prize, to be locked within a brooding castle until she exchanged its gray walls for a husband's tyranny...William Marshal. The towering knight armed with a will of steel, he conquered Isabel's senses in a single blazing night.Lovers bound by destiny. His power matched her pride. Their passion was a battlefield with no quarter given - and none asked. And with every battle they gambled what they held most dear...the tenderest of loves, in the heat of ceaseless challenge so dearly gained, and so easily lost... less

ELEANOR PLANTAGENET ... The raven-haired princess of the roses, betrothed as a child, betrayed as a woman --- an innocent flower waiting to be plucked by the stranger she must call her lord ... her master ... her husband. WILLIAM FITZWILLIAM MARSHAL ... The powerful Earl of Pembroke, his castle was a possession defended by his mighty sword; his bride was a royal prize granted by his king ... THEIR DESTINY WAS DESIRE ... His passion demanded her surrender... moreELEANOR PLANTAGENET ... The raven-haired princess of the roses, betrothed as a child, betrayed as a woman --- an innocent flower waiting to be plucked by the stranger she must call her lord ... her master ... her husband. WILLIAM FITZWILLIAM MARSHAL ... The powerful Earl of Pembroke, his castle was a possession defended by his mighty sword; his bride was a royal prize granted by his king ... THEIR DESTINY WAS DESIRE ... His passion demanded her surrender. Her pride refused to yield even as her body submitted to a traitorous pleasure in his arms. Theirs was a fierce battle of hearts, where looks could wound, where words could kill, where wanton desire drove her into raptures flames ... but kindled a war that could destroy all they cherished --- or inspire the triumph of glorious love eternal ... less