num_pages: 350
description: Passion and deception amid the turbulent court of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II.An honorable man: Malcolm de Monde Lord of Warwick needs a wife. He reluctantly journeys to the royal court where his plan is simple: find a dutiful woman gain the kings approval for his choice and return to Warwick with his chosen lady wedded bedded and carrying his heirall before winter.An independent woman: Judith of Kentworth Royal Falconer and lady-in-waiting is a woman from Malcolms past. Although she is a confidante of the queen Judiths beauty and vivacity attract the unwanted attentions of the kingand the woman who commands winged predators becomes prey herself.A simple plan that goes awry when Malcolm encounters Judith once betrothed to his friendand a woman who is nothing like the meek wife he seeksbut who may be exactly the type of woman he needs.An impossible choice: Malcolm offers Judith a chance to escape her predicamentBut can she risk entangling her own personal white knight in a dangerous web of royal intrigue?
language: English
title: A Lily on the Heath
publisher: Avid Press