The leopard unleashed - Elizabeth Chadwick (Ravenstow Trilogy #3)

Wales, 1139

Renard, heir to Ravenstow, is a crusader in Antioch, a place far removed from the Welsh marches of his birth. When he is summoned to his ailing father’s side, Renard brings an exotic dancing girl with him to warm his cold bed. But in a political match made by their families, Renard is already betrothed to the innocent Elene, and he knows he must return to the duty of marriage.

Torn between his mistress and his betrothed, Renard’s personal dilemma is set against a background of increasing civil strife as his greedy neighbour, Ranulf of Chester, strives to take his lands. When Renard is taken prisoner at the Battle of Lincoln, his fate rests with two women—his former mistress, now in the bed of his deadliest enemy, and his determined yet inexperienced wife, protecting his lands against terrible odds.

Award-winning author Elizabeth Chadwick takes us to the heart of the turbulent and treacherous age of the Crusades.