Catherine Coulter

FBI agents Dillon and Lacey (Sherlock) Savich rescue two boys kidnapped from Maryland and then rush off to California to save Dillon's sister from a greedy art collector.

In 13th Century England, Hastings of Trent is married off by her father to brutish Severin of Langthorne, a knight who will know how to protect their property. The novel follows Hastings as she transforms Severin from a wife rapist to a friendly companion.