HE WAS HER FOLLY AND HER PASSION. With her sapphire eyes and silken darkhair, Princess Eleanor was a bewitching beauty made for a man's pleasure.But once a child bride widowed at a tender age, she swore never to marryagain and took a vow of eternal chastity ... until Simon de Montfort marchedinto England and set his smoldering dark gaze upon her, King Henry'syoungest sister, the royal family's most precious jewel. Bold, arrogant, andinvincible, the towering Norman knight inspired awe in the bravest of men... and a reckless desire in Eleanor's untried heart.SHE WAS HIS PRIZE AND HIS LOVE. They called him the Dragon, but the mostfeared and dangerous warlord in all the land had one fatal weakness.Inflamed by Eleanor's incandescent loveliness and intoxicating innocence, hewould pursue her with a passion that demanded unconditional surrender ... apassion that would erupt in scandal and rock the embattled realm, stainingthe pages of history with blood and betrayal ... igniting the pages ofhistory with the rapture of all-consuming love...