title: The Falcon and the Sword
author: Werner, Patricia
description: SHE YEARNED TO SOAR FREE
  Captured by barbarians as a child, the orphaned Judith had spent her girlhood locked behind convent walls. Determined to escape her cloistered life, she fled to the safety of the Frankish court-only to be swept up into a firestorm of murderous intrigue! Shocked at the pagan passions that ruled the palace, the spirited innocent was even more astounded when a tall, broad-shouldered nobleman reached out to take her in his powerful embrace! His tender kiss on her silken skin filled her with the wonder of a woman desire, as his fiery caress ignited a hungry yearning that only the rapture of surrender could satisfy...
  
  HE SWORE TO POSSESS HER
  Count Marcus Petronius had come to court bearing gifts for the new queen, but it was the delicate, convent-bred beauty who caught his eye, captured his heart and filled his soul with longing. He would rescue the lovely Judith from the Saxon hordes, then enfold her luscious curves in his arms for one delicious night of ecstasy. And together they'd soar far beyond the reach of treachery, betrayal and war... to dizzying heights of passion that would bind their hearts forever and ever!