num_pages: 509
description: An enraged and grieving queen commands them to retrieve her exquisite jewel and abandon their foundling brat overseasor never returnRobert FitzStephan and his wife Noor have been temporarily exiled. Officially they are to travel to the courts of Aragon and Castile as emissaries of Queen Eleanor of England. Unofficially the queen demands two things: that they abandon Lionel their foster son in foreign lands and that they bring back a precious jewel  the Castilian Pomegranate.Noor would rather chop off a foot than leave Lionel in a foreign landespecially as hes been entrusted to her by his dead father the last true prince of Wales. And as to the jewel stealing it would mean immediate execution. . .Spain in 1285 is a complicated place. France has launched a crusade against Aragon and soon enough Robert is embroiled in the conflict standing side by side with their Aragonese hosts.Once in Castile it is the fearsome Moors that must be fought with Robert facing weeks separated from his young wife a wife who is enthralled by the Castilian courtand a particular Castilian gallant.Jealousy betrayal and a thirst for revenge plunge Noor and Robert into life-threatening danger.Will they emerge unscathed or will savage but beautiful Castile leave them permanently scarred and damaged?
language: English
title: The Castilian Pomegranate
publisher: Timelight Press