Ann of Cambray Chronicles Series by Mary Lide

The Lady Ann was born in a fateful year. Henry, the first king of that name, had died with no son to succeed him and England had plunged headlong into civil war, with the crown as the victors prize. The unrest had spread deep into that unhappy land, even as far as her beloved Cambray, from whose stone walls her father's men had many times ridden to quell the wild borderlands of the Welsh Marches... moreThe Lady Ann was born in a fateful year. Henry, the first king of that name, had died with no son to succeed him and England had plunged headlong into civil war, with the crown as the victors prize. The unrest had spread deep into that unhappy land, even as far as her beloved Cambray, from whose stone walls her father's men had many times ridden to quell the wild borderlands of the Welsh Marches. Now, with her home in other hands and her own future entrusted to her partisan overlord, it was time for the name of Ann of Cambray to blaze like a beacon though those dark days of twelfth century England. This is her chronicle. less

Ann of Cambray galloped across the Norman countryside, her flaming hair a banner unfurled in the breeze. Her lord, Raoul of Sieux was taking her home to the land of his childhood, to lie in his arms, to bear his child, to live in peace. But they were lovers subject to the whims of King Henry, indebted to his Queen, who had tricked the King into commanding their marriage. Henry had promised himself that one day Ann would share his bed... moreAnn of Cambray galloped across the Norman countryside, her flaming hair a banner unfurled in the breeze. Her lord, Raoul of Sieux was taking her home to the land of his childhood, to lie in his arms, to bear his child, to live in peace. But they were lovers subject to the whims of King Henry, indebted to his Queen, who had tricked the King into commanding their marriage. Henry had promised himself that one day Ann would share his bed. The Norman lords had promised themselves they would divide Raoul's land. And Eleanor...what would she demand in return for her influence, in repayment for the presents she had sent, in exchange for the gifts of the queen? less