Graistan Series
ISBN 0-451-40704-0 Topaz Books, December 1996
Brother #5? I was as startled as anyone to discover that my quartet was really a quintet and there was yet one more FitzHenry. It happened when I was trying to figure out what to write for my fifth book and my son said, "Well, you haven't written one about the bastard son of the maid." That spun into the most interesting story about one Robert of Blacklea and gave me the chance to explore the Medieval merchant class.
Here's your blurb:
Johanna of Stanrudde despises her husband, a man her dying father forced her to marry. Robert of Blacklea was the man she loved, but Rob abandoned her. Now, years later, Rob rides back into her life just as she realizes her husband has devised some sort of plan to destroy her. Defying those who would forbid their love, Robert and Johanna will choose death rather than give up the dream that heaven is within their reach...
Sizzling passion, tension, and intrigue...Denise Domning's characters are so real, so powerful, they will haunt your thoughts long after you've turned the last page.
---Penelope Williamson