Red Adam's LadyMistaken for a peasant girl and kidnapped by the drunken lord of Brentborough while returning home to an abusive uncle, Julitta valiantly defends her virtue. Forced into marriage the next morning to salvage her reputation, she gradually begins to trust the tenderness and respect with which her noble husband eventually wins her. Red Adam is a character all women will love, but he definitely has met his match. A historical novel of the days following the Norman Conquest of William in 1066. |
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