The New York Times bestselling Virginia Henley is celebrated for both the sensuous passion and the historical scope of her romances. "The Border Hostage" is Henley at her finest: exuberantly written, full-blooded, filled with characters who grip the imagination.

Raven Carleton is no ordinary English beauty. Raised near the border of Scotland, she has managed to elude her parents' strictures, roaming freely well beyond the boundaries of her family's lands. It is while she is out riding alone that she comes across the darkly handsome Heath Kennedy, clearly a "Borderer and a Scot" judging by his insolence and his ragged state. To her outrage, he mistakes her for a gypsy.

Raven is destined to marry the noble and wealthy Christopher Dacre, and tries to banish the disturbing memory of Heath's mocking smile. But she is about to become a pawn in the longstanding border wars between England and Scotland. Abducted by Heath and held for ransom, Raven finds herself attracted to him in a way she never imagined and must choose between love and loyalty.