title: The Lady and the Bandit
author: Rodriguez, Adelina
description: WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS RAGING LUST?  Before being forced into a loveless marriage, Pepita Worthington manages to flee the church thanks to a jinx that haunts her since childhood. Rafael, a bandit, finds her spread-legged and unconscious at the foot of a slope; hoping to return her in exchange for money, he takes her under his custody, while she'll try everything to escape to England.  On their travel across Andalusian lands, both will discover a scorching, overwhelming, bodice-burning passion that grows harder to ignore.  Though tragedy is after them: Pepita's relatives have hired the worst scum to find her and drag her back to the altar. Rafael's nemesis, allegedly dead, has risen again and wants to see his head on a spike. The memory of somebody very loved by the bandit stands between him and Pepita.  Will this Iberian romance overcome so many obstacles or will this turn into a Shakespearean bloodbath?