The Betrothed

1187: the Welsh Marches burn with old enmities and newer cruelties. When sixteen-year-old Eveline Berenger is rescued from a siege by the dashing Damian Lacy, she finds herself bound not to her savior but to his absent uncle, Sir Hugo, who departs for the Holy Land leaving her unprotected. The Welsh prince Gwenwyn covets her. Rebels under Ranald Lacy's command circle like wolves. And when Damian proves her truest defender, the King's suspicion turns venomous: the couple who love each other most are branded traitors. Scott weaves a tapestry of clashing civilizations, where Norman honor and Welsh passion collide across a landscape scarred by crusade and conquest. The Betrothed moves with the momentum of a pursuit, its romance sharpened by danger and its politics poison to happiness. It is Scott at his most romantically desperate, his historical canvas populated by characters whose hearts and heads alike are at stake. For readers who savor historical adventure thick with political intrigue, forbidden love, and the fragile line between loyalty and treason.