num_pages: 136
description: Stripped of his lands by the English king who killed his father James Douglas will do whatever it takes to see his clans honor and fortune restored. The ambitious young knight whose dark visage powerful stature and ferocity in battle has earned him the epitaph the Black knows he must use fear force and intimidation to defeat the English put Robert the Bruce on Scotlands throne and restore the honor of the Douglas name. Nothing and no one will get in his way. Not even the lass who captured his heart in childhood and still holds it in her delicate hands.Joanna Dicson has loved James Douglas for as long as she can remember. That she is only the daughter of the marshal of Douglas Castle has never concerned her. Yet even as Jamess ruthless reputation grows and despite the warnings of others to guard her heartand her virtueagainst him Joanna never dreams he will turn on her. He loves her and would never hurt her. But when James returns to Douglas to force the English garrison from his castle Joanna learns that their love is nothing against his ambition. His marriagelike everything elsewill be a means of bettering his clan. Heartbroken and humiliated Joanna is left alone with a secret that may destroy them both.
language: English
title: The Knight
publisher: monica mccarty