Phoenix Sullivan
Elsbeth of Olmsbury desires nothing beyond helping her father run his dukedom â€“ until the dukeâ€™s forces are overwhelmed, his castle torched and Elsbeth seized for the invading kingâ€™s personal spoil. Expecting the same abuse as the other surviving women of her house, Elsbeth instead finds the king, Leodegrance, treating her with a civility that belies his flagrant desire for her. A desire that will have her his consort in Cameliard once he can convince her rank and duty alone forced his hand against her father.,But Elsbeth is not so easily won. There is the matter of Leodegrance gifting his steward with an unwilling young handmaid from Elsbethâ€™s household. Of his marriage of convenience to his Byzantine queen. And of his plans to subjugate more of Britainâ€™s citadels and unite the wild isle under Roman rule.,If Elsbeth canâ€™t find her tangled way to forgiveness with the king â€“ or escape the dark designs and perverse desires of Uther Pendragon, enemy to them both â€“ then a legend of Camelot may never be conceived, never be born, and never change history forever ...
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Spoil of War