title: So Speaks the Heart
author: Lindsey, Johanna
description: His violent pride demanded submission.  Her gentle heart demanded love.
  
  HIS VALOR OFFERED REFUGE TO A HEART WHICH OFFERED LOVE
  
  She was born a lady, heiress to rich French estates. But when Rowland of Montville captured her, he saw only a beautiful girl garbed in peasant's rags... a wench to serve his wants.
  
  Though betrayed into bondage, Brigitte de Louroux would never be any man's slave. Yet the fate of an unprotected woman could have been far more cruel than the rough embrace of a warrior lord as fair as Rowland of Montville.
  
  Defenseless against his unbridled passions, she yielded her innocence to the desires he aroused in her heart. And he, who had never known the enchantment of a woman's surrender, found a power in love as mighty as the sword he raised against their enemies.
  
  Hero: Sir Rowland de Montville
  Heroine: Brigitte de Louroux