Crusader's Lady

Crusader's Lady
Lynna Banning

Jerusalem, 1192, The Third CrusadeSoraya al-Din is a woman bent on revenge. Disguised as a boy, nothing will keep her from her quarry!Marc de Valery is a war-weary knight who has one last duty–to protect King Richard on his perilous journey back to England.As the sun rises over the golden desert, Soraya sets out with Marc. It is the first step on a journey that will take her away from all she knows–across the Mediterranean to the beautiful Italian countryside and over the harsh French Alps. While danger follows close in her footsteps, can she shield her heart against the honorable knight she has sworn to destroy?

Soraya’s dirt-smudged face had never looked more beautiful.

Marc wanted to kiss her so much he fought to keep his hands on the reins.

“Come with me to Venice,” he blurted. It was unnecessary to ask the question, but he wanted to say it aloud, hear the words of invitation hang in the air. There were a thousand other things he might also say…. Come with me to my bed. Come with me to Scotland, to my life.

But he could not. His first duty was to the king, not his heart. She held his gaze and with a jolt of warmth he realized they needed no words to know what the other was thinking. Their eyes said everything.

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Crusader’s Lady

Lynna Banning

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In memory of my husband,

Clarence Browning Woolston,

and my father, Lawrence E. Yarnes

With grateful thanks to Tricia Adams,

Suzanne Barrett, Marlene Connell,

Kathleen Dougherty, Kat Macfarlane,

Jane Maranghi, Brenda Preston, Susan Renison,

Gwen Shupe, and David Woolston.

Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine