The Raven and the Rose

Her hair was black and silk against her ivory skin; her gray eyes burned with opal fire.and #160; and #160; The love child of King Edward IV, Roseanna was pledged to her father's most prized warrior.and #160; and #160; He was dark, strong, and commanding, and in the bedchamber, where he forced her to honor her marriage vows, she learned not to crave his intoxicating touch.and #160; and #160; And still she swore not to love him even as she surrendered to the dark rapture of...the Raven.