She is Catriona, Countess
of Glenkirk, the dazzling green-eyed beauty
whose silken sensuality fires the passion of men's
very souls -- making her a pawn in a dangerous game
of royal intrigue. wife to a count, unwilling mistress to the
king, she has the undying live of the most courageous lord
in all of scotland. . .

He is Francis, Earl of Bothwell, who defies his king to possess the woman he loves. Theirs is a romance in the grand tradition of bestselling author Beatrice Small -- and epic tale of love and betrayal that sweeps from the snowy Scottish highlands through the glittering palaces of Europe and exotic pleasures domes of Constantinople to find its magnificent conclusion inthe exquisite fulfillment of love's most passionate desires.