Outrageous

She was tall and lovely, crowned with a flaming mane of red hair, but Lady Marian's delicate beauty lent no value to the powerful strength within her. When Elizabeth, her beloved queen and dearest friend since childhood, confided in her, Marian vowed to uphold the sovereign's secret with her life. With body and mind, Lady Marian was prepared to battle anyone who dared come between her and her duty.

To Griffith ap Powel, the battle-scarred Welshman sent by the king to watch over Lady Marian, such boldness in a woman was not comely. Yet as her defiant deeds and words made his blood boil with fury, her beauty drew him beyond any outrageous hope of escaping her.