num_pages: 400
description: 
  Epic road romance by USA Today bestselling author Kris Kennedy featuring a brooding knight with a shattered heart &amp; the beautiful waif who thwarts him, charms him…and believes he’s worth saving.
National Readers' Choice Award, Best Historical Romance of the YearStarred Review, Publisher’s WeeklyJamie Lost is King John's most renowned commander, an audacious knight ordered to kidnap a rebel troublemaker before enemy forces close in. The mission is simple—until he comes up against a beautiful, mysterious woman who first threatens his mission, then his cold, black heart.Beautiful Eva is determined to find the ‘troublemaker’ too, and protect his dangerous secrets, even if it costs her life. But the blue-eyed knight has no intention of letting her succeed, and soon, it's more than secrets Eva must protect: it's her heart.When their quarry is abducted, they embark on an epic journey across medieval England, unwilling allies in an adventure that will betray the truth about their identities, reveal their unexpected loyalties, &amp; unleash an explosive passion that will seal their fates--and the fate of England--forever.110K words
language: English
title: Defiant
publisher: Kris Kennedy