title: The Bastard's Briar
author: Allan, Helen
description: Chivalry is Dead - and that's just the way she likes it.Briar has lived on the streets since she was a little girl. She's seen it all, experienced too much, and she has a long list of men she'd like to kill.When she's turned into a vampire, all her dreams come true.There's only one problem. An ancient enemy of her kind plans to destroy her and her new-found powers, unless she goes back in time and takes her out first.Accompanied by an unlikely accomplice, her hunt will take her across England, to the Gladiatorial battles of Rome, and the hot desert sands of Jerusalem.Will this mission take her immortal life? Or is she at risk of losing something she always thought safe - her heart?