title: The Beloved
author: Wherlock, Julia
description: Ermgarde was a mere peasant girl, yet her spirit and beauty sparked the wildest passions of two men. One, the British Lord of Synford, surrendered to her sparkling violet eyes, raven hair, and heated caress...then forged a marriage of violent jealousy. The other, the French Duke of Chemille, abducted the girl for a night of pleasure...only to find himself hostage to a lifetime of obsessive desire.
  
  From the grand courts of British royalty to the flaming battlefields of France...in a stormy era that brought the Middle Ages to a tumultuous end...her love ignited a private war of aching lust and passion--as two men struggled to embrace her destiny. Who would ultimately win her divided heart?