Mandeville Series by Denee Cody

In a tempestuous age of clashing steel and bold hearts... When Julianna Devereux, Countess of Rosmar, refuses to wed her young cousin, the willful beauty is banished to the court of England's Eleanor of Aquitaine. There, she is to await papal orders to marry. But Eleanor's is an enlightened court founded on the ideals of true love...and Julianna vows that she will settle for nothing less. Two lovers will be bound by their forbidden passion.. moreIn a tempestuous age of clashing steel and bold hearts... When Julianna Devereux, Countess of Rosmar, refuses to wed her young cousin, the willful beauty is banished to the court of England's Eleanor of Aquitaine. There, she is to await papal orders to marry. But Eleanor's is an enlightened court founded on the ideals of true love...and Julianna vows that she will settle for nothing less. Two lovers will be bound by their forbidden passion... One of King Henry's fiercest and most devoted knights, Stephen de Mandeville desires Julianna from the moment he beholds her. But he is a man tormented by a dark and unforgiving past...and Julianna has just been promised to another. less

In a time of treacherous rulers and intrepid outlaws... She lives among the outlaws of Sherwood forest, a beauty as ethereal and fathomless as the Wildwood itself. Yet not even her faithful friends Robyn and Marian can shield Giselle from the harsh laws of King John, or the secret enemy determined to take her life. ...A bold knight and a mysterious maiden discover the passionate destiny that will transform their lives.. moreIn a time of treacherous rulers and intrepid outlaws... She lives among the outlaws of Sherwood forest, a beauty as ethereal and fathomless as the Wildwood itself. Yet not even her faithful friends Robyn and Marian can shield Giselle from the harsh laws of King John, or the secret enemy determined to take her life. ...A bold knight and a mysterious maiden discover the passionate destiny that will transform their lives... One of the late King Richard's most trusted companions, Alexander de Mandeville has left the court of the corrupt King John, to claim the lordship of Wolfhurst. But the barony bequeathed to him is near ruin. Its lush forests are inhabited by bandits—and the ravishing Giselle, who lures him into her lawless world, where desire is their only common ground, and where danger haunts their every embrace. In a novel set against the timeless world of Robyn Hood and Maid Marian, the celebrated author of The Court of Love and The Conquered Heart brings us another extraordinary historical romance of 13th-century England, as a man and a woman fight for a love born in the mists of legend... less

They were bitter enemies... She is Catherine Avery, the Lady of Rosmar, mistress of the Castle once owned by the disgraced Mandevilles and lost as the spoils of war. But her comfortable existence is about to end as she meets her sworn enemy, who disrupts her life with scandal and conquers her wary heart. Thrown together on the battlefield of love.. moreThey were bitter enemies... She is Catherine Avery, the Lady of Rosmar, mistress of the Castle once owned by the disgraced Mandevilles and lost as the spoils of war. But her comfortable existence is about to end as she meets her sworn enemy, who disrupts her life with scandal and conquers her wary heart. Thrown together on the battlefield of love... Burning with anger and driven by his need for revenge, Andrew Mandeville lives only to restore the Mandeville name and reclaim Castle Rosmar, his ancestral home. But his driving ambition is shattered by a dark family secret that drives him to anarchy against the King—and into the arms of the beauty he vowed to destroy. Set against the generations-old conflict of two powerful families vying for England's throne, the acclaimed author of The Conquered Heart , The Court of Love , and Queen of the May , has created another ravishing historical romance of 16th-century England, as two foes discover forbidden love... less